Dactyloctenium radulans

Dactyloctenium radulans
Dactyloctenium radulans

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 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

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. 

Vernacular names

  • Cymraeg: gwair botymau
  • English: buttongrass
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