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]
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
^Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von 1809. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, 2: 1029
^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.
^ abKew 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.
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