| Dactyloctenium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Dactylocteniinae |
| Genus: | Dactyloctenium Willd. |
| Type species | |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium | |
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] [7]
- 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 ctenioides - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Aldabra, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, and Florida, USA (introduced) [7] .
- 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 [7]
- Dactyloctenium henrardianum – Acrachne henrardiana
- Dactyloctenium nitidum – Eragrostis nitida
- Dactyloctenium perrieri – Acrachne perrieri
- Dactyloctenium verticillatum – Acrachne racemosa
