Dactyloctenium

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Dactyloctenium
Egyptian Grass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium) flowers
Egyptian Grass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium) flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
(unranked) Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Dactyloctenium
Willd.
Species

About 10, see text

Dactyloctenium is a grass genus in the family Poaceae. The approximately ten species in this genus are collectively known as crowfoot grasses. They are mainly native to Africa and Australia.

[edit] Selected species

  • Dactyloctenium aegyptium – Egyptian Grass
  • Dactyloctenium australe – Durban Grass
  • Dactyloctenium germinatum – Sudan Crowfoot Grass
  • Dactyloctenium giganteum
  • Dactyloctenium hackelii
  • Dactyloctenium pilosum
  • Dactyloctenium radulans – Buttongrass

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