Dactyloctenium aristatum

Dactyloctenium aristatum
Dactyloctenium aristatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

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

Name

Dactyloctenium aristatum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 59 (1827)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Dactyloctenium aegyptium var. aristatum (Link) A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 130 (1934)
    • Dactyloctenium aegyptium subsp. aristatum (Link) M.Sharma in Geobios, New Rep. 16: 34 (1997)
  • Heterotypic
    • Dactyloctenium glaucophyllum var. villlosum Mattei in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 7: 168 (1908)
    • Dactyloctenium seminipunctatum Courbon in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 18: 135 (1862)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan
  • Continental: Asia-temperate
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • India, West Himalaya
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen
    • Regional: Central Asia
      • Pakistan
    • Introduced into:
      • Mexico Southeast

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Link, H.F. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis descriptus. Tomus I. VIII + 384 pp., G. Reimer, Berlin. BHL Reference page. ː 59

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. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
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