Dactyloctenium

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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Dactyloctenium is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von 1809. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, 2: 1029 There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India.{{Cite journal |last=Landge |first=Shahid Nawaz |date=31 December 2021 |title=On the correct identity and distribution of Dactyloctenium scindicum (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae: Dactylocteniinae) in the Indo-Gangetic plains and Peninsular India and notes on other species in India |url=http://rheedea.in/journal/7tQ51TPD |journal=Rheedea |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=282–295 }} A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses.

;Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451340 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Dactyloctenium The Plant List search for Dactyloctenium][http://redlist.sanbi.org/genus.php?genus=1365 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Dactyloctenium][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=109201 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 480 龙爪茅属 long zhao mao shu Dactyloctenium Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 2: 1029. 1809. ]

• 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 ctenoides - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Aldabra, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, etc.
• 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

see Acrachne, Eragrostis and Harpochloa

• Dactyloctenium falcatum – Harpochloa falx
• Dactyloctenium henrardianum – Acrachne henrardiana
• Dactyloctenium nitidum – Eragrostis nitida
• Dactyloctenium perrieri – Acrachne perrieri
• Dactyloctenium verticillatum – Acrachne racemosa