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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 |
see Acrachne, Eragrostis and Harpochloa