What is "cynosurus"

Cynosurus is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. Plants in this genus are known generally as dogstail grass. They are native to the Mediterranean Basin and neighboring regions, but some have been introduced into Australia as well as North and South America.

1. Cynosurus balansae Coss. & Durieu - Morocco, Algeria
2. Cynosurus coloratus Lehm. ex Steud. - Crete, Cyprus, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
3. Cynosurus cristatus L. - Europe, Azores, Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
4. Cynosurus echinatus L. - southern Europe, north Africa, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Middle East, Caucasus, Turkmenistan; naturalized in Australia as well as North and South America
5. Cynosurus elegans Desf. - southern Europe, north Africa, Middle East, Turkmenistan
6. Cynosurus junceus Murb. - Libya
7. Cynosurus peltieri Maire - Algeria, Tunisia
8. Cynosurus polybracteatus Poir. - Algeria, Tunisia
9. Cynosurus turcomanicus Proskur. - Turkmenistan

Numerous names have been coined using the name Cynosurus, applied to species now regarded as better suited to other genera ( Aegopogon Apera Beckmannia Bouteloua Centotheca Chloris Coelachyrum Cynodon Dactyloctenium Desmostachya Dinebra Eleusine Enteropogon Festuca Harpochloa Lamarckia Leptochloa Ochthochloa Oreochloa Polypogon Rostraria Sclerochloa Sesleria Sesleriella Tribolium Wangenheimia). Here are links to help you find the appropriate information