Dactyloctenium
| crowfoot grasses | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Egyptian grass (Dactyloctenium aegyptium) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: | Dactyloctenium Willd. |
| Type species | |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. | |
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 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.