Zoysia tenuifolia

Zoysia tenuifolia is a type of grass originally thought to be one of the native grass type to the Mascarene Island.^[1][2] The epithet tenuifolia is commonly used to describe plant specimens in Mascarene Islands and Zoysia tenuifolia is also called Mascarene grass. Korean grass is another common name for this species. Z. tenuifolia is not widely used as a general lawn grass due to its slow growth rate and tendency to form clumps, although this species is commonly bred with Zoysia japonica to create popular hybrid zoysia cultivars, such as Emerald and Geo.^[3]

Zoysia tenuifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Zoysia
Species:	Z. tenuifolia
Binomial name
Zoysia tenuifolia Thiele

This grass may also be a subspecies of the commonly used lawn grass Manila grass, being referred to as Zoysia matrella var. pacifica. ^{[citation needed]}