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Taxon: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.

Genus: Dactyloctenium
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Chloridoideae tribe: Eragrostideae.
Nomen number: 13133
Place of publication: Enum. pl. 2:1029. 1809 "aegyptiacum"
Name verified on: 24-Nov-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Nov-2008
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • coast button grass   (Source: Pl Res SEAs ) – English
  • comb fringe grass   (Source: J. Veldkamp, p.c.) – English
  • crowfoot grass   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • duck grass   (Source: Grass SAfr ) – English
  • Durban crowfoot   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  • finger comb grass   (Source: J. Veldkamp, p.c.) – English
  • makri   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – India
  • estrela   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • grama-de-dedo-egípcia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • grama-egípcia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • mão-de-sapo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • três-dedos   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic importance:

  • Animal food: fodder; forage   (fide Pl Res SEAs 4:104. 1992)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Atlas WWeed)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Cape Verde; Portugal - Madeira Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania [incl. Pemba, Zanzibar]; Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea [incl. Bioko]; Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Benin; Burkina Faso; Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
    South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
    Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland
    Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar; Mauritius; Reunion; Seychelles
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Arabian Peninsula: Arabia
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Israel; Lebanon; Turkey [s.]
    China: China [s.]
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
    Indo-China: Myanmar
    Malesia: Malaysia; Philippines

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 4:104.
  • Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya. (F Libya) [lists as D. aegyptium (L.) P. Beauv.].
  • Arechavaleta, M. et al., eds. 2005. Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Cabo Verde)
  • Boulos, L. 1999–. Flora of Egypt. (F Egypt)
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. (Grass SAfr)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. (L Macar ed4) [lists as D. aegyptium (L.) P. Beauv.].
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal) [lists as D. "aegypticum" (L.) P. Beauv.].
  • Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. (F Ecuador)
  • Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000) (F Ethiop)
  • Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. (Grass US) [lists as D. aegyptium (L.) P. Beauv.].
  • Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust) [lists as D. aegyptium (L.) P. Beauv.].
  • Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. (Atlas WWeed)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr) [lists as D. aegyptium (L.) P. Beauv.].
  • Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
  • Merrill, E. D. 1922–1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. (F Philipp) [lists as D. aegyptium (L.) Richt.].
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban) [lists as D. aegyptium (L.) Asch. & Schw.].
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger) [lists as D. aegyptium (L.) Asch. & Schw.].
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India. (Grass NE India)
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
  • Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia. (F Somalia)
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq) [lists as D. aegyptium (L.) P. Beauv.].
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm. [re. common names].
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
  • Zon, A. P. M. van der. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. (Grass Camer)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.:

  • SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
  • On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
  • World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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