G.373. Dactyloctenium Willd. - Crowfoots

Description of the genus

Annuals or stoloniferous perennials. Inflorescence a horizontal whorl of racemes; raceme terminating in a naked point. Spikelets several-flowered, laterally flattened. Glumes 1-nerved, subequal, shorter than the lemmas; lower acute; upper awned from just below the apex. Lemma: nerves and flanks glabrous; apex entire. Paleas falling with the lemmas.

Worldwide: 10 species in warm regions, mainly in the Old World

Zimbabwe: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
aegyptium (L.) Willd.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
geminatum Hack.	S	Description
giganteum B.S. Fisher & Schweick.	N,W,C,E,S	Description

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Flora of Mozambique: Dactyloctenium
Flora of Zambia: Dactyloctenium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Dactyloctenium

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dactyloctenium
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dactyloctenium
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