Skip to content


Taxon:  Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Dactyloctenium
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Nomen number:
13133
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. 2:1029. 1809 "aegyptiacum"
Verified:
11/24/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
26 (26  active, 3  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cynosurus aegyptius L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eleusine aegyptiaca (L.) Desf.
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  3. Arechavaleta, M. et al., eds. Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2005
  4. Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
  5. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt. 1999-
  6. Chaudhary, S. A. Weeds of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula. 1987
  7. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  8. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  9. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  11. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  12. Ghazanfar, S. A. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2. 1992
  13. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  14. Giraldo-Cañas, D. 2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139-247.
  15. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
  16. Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. 2003-
  17. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. 1993
  18. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  19. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
  20. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
  21. Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950
  22. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  23. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
  24. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  25. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  26. Merrill, E. D. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 1922-1926
  27. Migahid, A. M. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. 1988-1990
  28. Miller, A. G. & M. Morris. Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago. 2004
  29. Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. 1996-
  30. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  31. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  32. Norton, J. et al. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar. 2009
  33. Parrotta, J. A. Healing plants of peninsular India. 2001
  34. Peterson, P. M. et al. 2001. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41:64-65.
  35. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  36. Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. 1964
  37. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  38. Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996
  39. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
  40. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:104.
  41. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  42. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  43. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  44. Veldkamp, J. F. 1997. pers. comm.
  45. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
  46. Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
  47. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
  48. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  49. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
  50. Zon, A. P. M. van der. Graminées du Cameroun. 1992
  51. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
Common names
English
coast button grass –
comb fringe grass –
crowfoot grass –
duck grass –
Durban crowfoot –
finger comb grass –
finger grass –
Arabic
na'eem el-saleeb –
rigl'al'harbaya –
India
makri –
Portuguese (Brazil)
estrela –
grama-de-dedo-egípcia –
grama-egípcia –
mão-de-sapo –
três-dedos –
Swedish
knapphirs –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaCape Verde  
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaYemenSocotra 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaCape Province 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCote D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEquatorial Guinea  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaBahrain  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaQatar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaUnited Arab Emirates  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmapa 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilCeara 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilEspirito Santo 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMaranhao 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilMato Grosso do Sul 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPara 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilRio de Janeiro 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • MACARONESIA: Cape Verde, Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen [Socotra]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • CHINA: China [Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Malaysia, Philippines
Naturalized
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Amapa, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Maranhao, Mato Grosso do Sul, Para, Rio de Janeiro]
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:104.
Animal foodforage 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:104.
Weedpotential seed contaminant Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13133. Accessed 20 July 2025.


GRIN-Global project