Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Taxonavigation

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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

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Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd., 1809

Synonyms

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  • 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

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • 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.
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Vernacular names

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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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