Dactyloctenium Explained
Dactyloctenium is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.[1] There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India.[2] A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses.
- Species[3] [4] [5] [6]
- Dactyloctenium aristatum - East Africa, Arabian Peninsula; Indian Subcontinent
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium - Egyptian grass - much of Africa; Asia from Turkey to Taiwan to Indonesia; various islands of Pacific + Indian Oceans; naturalized in Australia, the Americas, southern Europe; more Pacific Islands
- Dactyloctenium australe - Durban grass - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar
- Dactyloctenium buchananensis - Queensland
- Dactyloctenium capitatum - Madagascar
- Dactyloctenium ctenoides - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Aldabra, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, etc.
- Dactyloctenium germinatum - Sudan crowfoot grass - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar; naturalized in Maryland, southern Mexico
- Dactyloctenium giganteum - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar; naturalized in Queensland
- Dactyloctenium hackelii - Socotra
- Dactyloctenium pilosum - Kenya, Aldabra, Seychelles, Madagascar
- Dactyloctenium radulans - buttongrass - Australia
- Dactyloctenium robecchii - Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra, Yemen, Oman
- Dactyloctenium scindicum - East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent; naturalized in Mexico
- formerly included[3] see Acrachne, Eragrostis and Harpochloa
- Dactyloctenium falcatum – Harpochloa falx
- Dactyloctenium henrardianum – Acrachne henrardiana
- Dactyloctenium nitidum – Eragrostis nitida
- Dactyloctenium perrieri – Acrachne perrieri
- Dactyloctenium verticillatum – Acrachne racemosa
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Notes and References
- Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von 1809. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, 2: 1029
- Landge . Shahid Nawaz . 31 December 2021 . On the correct identity and distribution of Dactyloctenium scindicum (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae: Dactylocteniinae) in the Indo-Gangetic plains and Peninsular India and notes on other species in India . Rheedea . 31 . 4 . 282–295 .
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451340 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Dactyloctenium The Plant List search for Dactyloctenium
- http://redlist.sanbi.org/genus.php?genus=1365 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Dactyloctenium
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=109201 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 480 龙爪茅属 long zhao mao shu Dactyloctenium Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 2: 1029. 1809.
