Dactyloctenium

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.

Species^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

• 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).^[7]
• 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 ^[7]
• Dactyloctenium henrardianum – Acrachne henrardiana
• Dactyloctenium nitidum – Eragrostis nitida
• Dactyloctenium perrieri – Acrachne perrieri
• Dactyloctenium verticillatum – Acrachne racemosa