| Dactyloctenium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Dactylocteniinae |
| Genus: | Dactyloctenium Willd. |
| Type species | |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium | |
Dactyloctenium is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.[1] There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India.[2] A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses.
- 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
- formerly included[3]
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
- ^ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von 1809. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, 2: 1029
- ^ Landge, Shahid Nawaz (31 December 2021). "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". Rheedea. 31 (4): 282–295.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Dactyloctenium
- ^ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Dactyloctenium
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 480 龙爪茅属 long zhao mao shu Dactyloctenium Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 2: 1029. 1809.