Dactyloctenium

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Dactyloctenium:

Dactyloctenium is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.[1] Common name is crowfoot grasses.

Species[2][3][4][5]
  1. Dactyloctenium aristatum - East Africa, Arabian Peninsula; Indian Subcontinent
  2. 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
  3. Dactyloctenium australe – Durban grass - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar
  4. Dactyloctenium buchananensis - Queensland
  5. Dactyloctenium capitatum - Madagascar
  6. Dactyloctenium ctenoides - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Aldabra, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, etc.
  7. Dactyloctenium germinatum – Sudan crowfoot grass - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar; naturalized in Maryland, southern Mexico
  8. Dactyloctenium giganteum - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar; naturalized in Queensland
  9. Dactyloctenium hackelii - Socotra
  10. Dactyloctenium pilosum - Kenya, Aldabra, Seychelles, Madagascar
  11. Dactyloctenium radulans – buttongrass - Australia
  12. Dactyloctenium robecchii - Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra, Yemen, Oman
  13. Dactyloctenium scindicum - East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent; naturalized in Mexico

formerly included[2]

see Acrachne Eragrostis Harpochloa

References[edit]

  1. ^ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von 1809. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, 2: 1029
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ The Plant List search for Dactyloctenium
  4. ^ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Dactyloctenium
  5. ^ 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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Description:

Annuals or stoloniferous perennials. Inflorescence a horizontal whorl of racemes; raceme terminating in a naked point. Spikelets several-flowered, laterally flattened. Glumes 1-nerved, subequal, shorter than the lemmas; lower acute; upper awned from just below the apex. Lemma: nerves and flanks glabrous; apex entire. Paleas falling with the lemmas.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:36
Specimens with Sequences:46
Specimens with Barcodes:39
Species:9
Species With Barcodes:8
Public Records:11
Public Species:3
Public BINs:0

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Barcode data:

Access Published & Released Data: Download FASTA File

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