Dactyloctenium
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| Egyptian grass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium) | |
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| Genus: | Dactyloctenium |
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| Dactyloctenium aegyptium | |
Dactyloctenium is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.[1] Common name is crowfoot grasses.
- 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[2]
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
References
- ^ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von 1809. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, 2: 1029
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Dactyloctenium
- ^ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Dactyloctenium
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 480 龙爪茅属 long zhao mao shu Dactyloctenium Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 2: 1029. 1809.
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