Dactyloctenium

Dactyloctenium
Scientific classification Edit this 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 scindicum Boiss.

Dactyloctenium is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India. A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses.

Species
formerly included

see Acrachne, Eragrostis and Harpochloa

References

  1. ↑ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von 1809. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, 2: 1029
  2. ↑ Landge, Shahid Nawaz (31 December 2021). "On the correct identity and distribution of Dactyloctenium scindicum (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae: Dactylocteniinae) in the Indo-Gangetic plains and Peninsular India and notes on other species in India". Rheedea. 31 (4): 282–295.
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ The Plant List search for Dactyloctenium
  5. ↑ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Dactyloctenium
  6. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 480 龙爪茅属 long zhao mao shu Dactyloctenium Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 2: 1029. 1809.
  7. 1 2 3 Landge, Shahid Nawaz (2025). "Dactyloctenium ctenioides (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Dactylocteniinae): brief note on the taxonomy, distribution and a new record for North America". Phytotaxa. 700 (1): 029–044. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.700.1.3.