Dactyloctenium

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.


 * Species
 * 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 ctenoides - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Aldabra, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, etc.
 * 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

see Acrachne, Eragrostis and Harpochloa
 * formerly included
 * Dactyloctenium falcatum – Harpochloa falx
 * Dactyloctenium henrardianum – Acrachne henrardiana
 * Dactyloctenium nitidum – Eragrostis nitida
 * Dactyloctenium perrieri – Acrachne perrieri
 * Dactyloctenium verticillatum – Acrachne racemosa