Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Dactylocteniinae
Genus: Dactyloctenium
Species: Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Name

Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd., 1809

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cynosurus aegyptius L., Sp. Pl.: 72 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Eleusine cruciata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 203 (1792), nom. superfl.
  • Eleusine aegyptia (L.) Forsyth f., Bot. Nomencl.: 70 (1794).
  • Eleusine pectinata Moench, Suppl. Meth.: 68 (1802), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Aegilops saccharina Walter, Fl. Carol.: 249 (1788).
  • Chloris mucronata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 59 (1803).
  • Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum Willd., Enum. Pl.: 1029 (1809), orth. var.
  • Dactyloctenium mucronatum (Michx.) Willd., Enum. Pl.: 1029 (1809).
  • Dactyloctenium prostratum Willd., Enum. Pl.: 1029 (1809).
  • Chloris prostrata (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 239 (1811).
  • Cenchrus aegyptius P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 157 (1812), pro syn.
  • Rabdochloa mucronata (Michx.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 84 (1812).
  • Eleusine egyptia Raf., Précis Découv. Somiol.: 45 (1814), orth. var.
  • Eleusine ciliata Raf., J. Bot. Agric. 4: 273 (1815), nom. nud.
  • Eleusine cruciata Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 176 (1816), nom. illeg.
  • Dactyloctenium distachyum Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 140 (1820), nom. nud.
  • Cenchrus mucronatus Pers. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 172 (1821), pro syn.
  • Eleusine prostrata Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 350 (1824).
  • Dactyloctenium meridionale Ham., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 6 (1825).
  • Chloris guineensis Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 55 (1827).
  • Cynosurus aegyptiacus Link, Handbuch 1: 23 (1829), pro syn.
  • Cynosurus macara Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.° 3818 C (1831), nom. nud.
  • Cynosurus cavara Dillwyn, Rev. Hortus Malab.: 61 (1839), nom. nud.
  • Cynosurus carolinianus Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 465 (1840), nom. nud.
  • Cynosurus distachyos Rottler ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 465 (1840), pro syn.
  • Syntherisma aegyptiaca Schult. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 656 (1841), pro syn.
  • Dactyloctenium figarei De Not., Index Seminum (GE, Genuensis) 1847: 27 (1847).
  • Ctenium nukaviense Steud., Essai Fl. Marquises: 27 (1858), nom. nud.
  • Dactyloctenium mucronatum var. erectum E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 144 (1886).
  • Dactyloctenium aegyptium var. mucronatum (Michx.) Schweinf., Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(App. 2): 34 (1894).
  • Cynosurus ciliaris Rottler ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 296 (1896), not validly publ.
  • Dactyloctenium mpuetense De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 206 (1906).
  • Dactyloctenium aegyptius var. mucronatum (Michx.) Lanza & Mattei, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 58 (1910).
  • Dactyloctenium ciliare Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 337 (1929), nom. nud.
  • Dactyloctenium aegyptium f. viviparum Beetle, Phytologia 48: 190 (1981).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa & Asia Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Alabama, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Ascension, Bahamas, Baleares, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Colorado, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Kriti, Leeward Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Marcus I., Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., North Carolina, Northern Territory, Ohio, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Sicilia, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Virginia, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. 1809. Enumeratio plantarum horti regii botanici berolinensis, continens descriptiones omnium vegetabilium in horto dicto cultorum. VI + 1099 pp. In taberna Libraria Scholae realis, Berolini [Berlin]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2:1029.

Additional references

• Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.-S. 2014. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF). 563 p. Seoul: T.B. Lee Herbarium. PDF Reference page. 
• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Dactyloctenium aegyptium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Dactyloctenium aegyptium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Dactyloctenium aegyptium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dactyloctenium aegyptium. Published online. Accessed: August 27 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dactyloctenium aegyptium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

bamanankan: Nigiri
فارسی: علف پنجه‌ای مصری
हिन्दी: मकरा
日本語: タツノツメガヤ
svenska: Knapphirs
Kiswahili: Kimbugimbugi
ไทย: หญ้าปากควาย
Tiếng Việt: Cỏ chân gà
中文: 龙爪茅

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