Dactyloctenium radulans

Dactyloctenium radulans

Dactyloctenium radulans

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 radulans

Name

Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv., 1812

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Eleusine radulans R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 186 (1810).
• Heterotypic
  • Dactyloctenium radulans var. conglobatum Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 378 (1915).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia Introduced into: Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts, South Carolina References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. : 72, 160.

Additional references

• 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 radulans 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 radulans. 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 radulans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Dactyloctenium radulans. Published online. Accessed: August 27 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dactyloctenium radulans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Cymraeg: gwair botymau
English: buttongrass

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