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.

1. Species

2. Dactyloctenium aristatum - East Africa, Arabian Peninsula; Indian subcontinent

3. 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

4. Dactyloctenium australe Durban grass - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar

5. Dactyloctenium buchananensis - Queensland

6. Dactyloctenium capitatum - Madagascar

7. Dactyloctenium ctenioides - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Aldabra, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, and Florida, USA (introduced).

8. Dactyloctenium germinatum Sudan crowfoot grass - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar; naturalized in Maryland, southern Mexico

9. Dactyloctenium giganteum - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar; naturalized in Queensland

10. Dactyloctenium hackelii - Socotra

11. Dactyloctenium pilosum - Kenya, Aldabra, Seychelles, Madagascar

12. Dactyloctenium radulans buttongrass - Australia

13. Dactyloctenium robecchii - Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra, Yemen, Oman

14. Dactyloctenium scindicum - East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent; naturalized in Mexico

15. formerly included

see Acrachne, Eragrostis and Harpochloa

• Dactyloctenium falcatum – Harpochloa falx

• Dactyloctenium henrardianum – Acrachne henrardiana

• Dactyloctenium nitidum – Eragrostis nitida

• Dactyloctenium perrieri – Acrachne perrieri

• Dactyloctenium verticillatum – Acrachne racemosa

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment

• USDA Plants Profile

• Grass Manual Treatment