Dactyloctenium
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
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| Genus: | Dactyloctenium Willd. |
| Type species | |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium | |
Dactyloctenium is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.[1] A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses.
- - 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
- – Durban grass - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar
- - Queensland
- - Madagascar
- - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Aldabra, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, etc.
- – Sudan crowfoot grass - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar; naturalized in Maryland, southern Mexico
- - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar; naturalized in Queensland
- Dactyloctenium hackelii - Socotra
- - Kenya, Aldabra, Seychelles, Madagascar
- – buttongrass - Australia
- - Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra, Yemen, Oman
- - East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent; naturalized in Mexico
- formerly included[2]
see Acrachne, Eragrostis and Harpochloa
- Dactyloctenium falcatum –
- Dactyloctenium henrardianum –
- Dactyloctenium nitidum –
- Dactyloctenium perrieri –
- Dactyloctenium verticillatum –
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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Dactyloctenium
- Poaceae genera
- Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow
- Chloridoideae stubs