{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Dactyloctenium aegyptium 0001.jpg |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Dactyloctenium |authority = Willd. |type_species = ''Dactyloctenium aegyptium'' |type_species_authority = (L.) Willd. }} thumb|'''''Dactyloctenium scindicum''''' Boiss. '''''Dactyloctenium''''' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.<ref>Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von 1809. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, 2: 1029</ref> There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Landge |first=Shahid Nawaz |date=31 December 2021 |title=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 |url=http://rheedea.in/journal/7tQ51TPD |journal=Rheedea |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=282–295 }}</ref> A common name for the plants is '''crowfoot grasses.'''
;Species<ref name=u>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451340 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Dactyloctenium The Plant List search for ''Dactyloctenium'']</ref><ref>[http://redlist.sanbi.org/genus.php?genus=1365 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, South African National Biodiversity Institute, ''Dactyloctenium'']</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=109201 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 480 <big>龙爪茅属</big> long zhao mao shu ''Dactyloctenium'' Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 2: 1029. 1809. ]</ref><ref name=":0" /> *''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).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Landge |first=Shahid Nawaz |date=2025 |title=Dactyloctenium ctenioides (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Dactylocteniinae): brief note on the taxonomy, distribution and a new record for North America |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.700.1.3 |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=700 |issue=1 |pages=029–044 |via=}}</ref> *''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<ref name=u/> see ''Acrachne'', ''Eragrostis'' and ''Harpochloa'' * ''Dactyloctenium falcatum'' – ''Harpochloa falx'' <ref name=":0" /> * ''Dactyloctenium henrardianum'' – ''Acrachne henrardiana'' * ''Dactyloctenium nitidum'' – ''Eragrostis nitida'' * ''Dactyloctenium perrieri'' – ''Acrachne perrieri'' * ''Dactyloctenium verticillatum'' – ''Acrachne racemosa''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8927 Jepson Manual Treatment] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DACTY2 USDA Plants Profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110611130428/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Dactyloctenium&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
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Category:Dactyloctenium Category:Poaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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