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Taxon:  Dactyloctenium radulans (R. Br.) P. Beauv.



Summary
Genus:
Dactyloctenium
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Nomen number:
13137
Place of publication:
Ess. Agrostogr. 72, 160. 1812
Verified:
10/12/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (2  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Eleusine radulans R. Br.

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Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  2. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  3. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  4. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  5. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  6. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  7. Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross. Flora of south-eastern Queensland. 1983-1989
  8. Tothill, J. C. & J. B. Hacker. The grasses of Southern Queensland, rev. ed. 1982
Common names
English
button grass –
eight-day grass –
finger grass –
small crowfoot –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
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=13137. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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