Poaceae
Dactyloctenium

Dactyloctenium australe Steud.

First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 212 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Swaziland, Tanzania

Extinct in:

Mauritius

Introduced into:

Madeira, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Queensland, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Morat, P. & Veillon, J.-M. (1985). Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 7: 259-329.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bosser, J. & Renvoize, S.A. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 203: 1-276. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Morat, P. & Veillon, J.-M. (1985). Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section B, Adansonia 7: 259-329.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 212 (1854).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 1972 Drege [s.n.] 27CPPOO K000365341 Type Yes
Jun 1, 1969 Flanagan [969] K000365343 Type Yes
Longman, H.A.; White, C.T. [s.n.] Australia K002091460 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2362] Botswana K002092590 Yes
Downing, B. [509] South Africa K002092886 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002091174 Yes
Blake [151] Australia K002091456 No
Simon, B.K. [AQ451533] Australia K002091466 No
Hooter, A. [1260] Tanzania K002092332 No
White, C.T. [s.n.] Australia K002091458 No
[G. Paaver Dao] [1260] Tanzania K002092330 No
Blake; Petrie [174] Australia K002091462 No
Hitchins, P. [561] South Africa K002092890 Yes
Smook, L. [1865] South Africa K002092897 Yes
Retief, E. [1632] South Africa K002092905 Yes
[H. G. Wiweihuorw] [1623] South Africa K002092889 Yes
Sumithraarachchi, D.B. [[DBS]1132] Sri Lanka K002185537 No
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002092895 No
Buchanan, J. [36] South Africa K002092909 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1407] South Africa K002092901 Yes
Pegler, A. [2134] K002092916 Yes
Bailey, F.M. [16] Australia K002091461 No
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1363] South Africa K002092900 Yes
Edwards, D. [3245] South Africa K002092887 Yes
Plant, R.W. [85] South Africa K000365342 Type Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 5430] Kenya K002092326 No
Schlechter, R. [2774] South Africa K002092904 Yes
Whellan, J.A. [1060] South Africa K002092888 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3327] Kenya K002092328 No
Smith, G.W. [s.n.] Australia K002091463 No
Ward, C.J. [1861] South Africa K002092896 Yes
Moll, E.J. [3112] South Africa K002092885 Yes
Wingfield, R. [642] Tanzania K002092331 No
Morris, J.W. [916] South Africa K002092894 Yes
Davidse, G. [6945] South Africa K002092891 Yes
Davis, W. [[BAS 12]] Australia K002091457 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [N 120] South Africa K002092908 Yes
Erens, J. [s.n.] South Africa K002092881 Yes
Anderson, J.G. [54] South Africa K002092892 Yes
Gerstner, J. [3908] South Africa K002092906 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3327] Kenya K002092329 No
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1363] South Africa K002092899 Yes
[H. G. Schweiger] [1439] South Africa K002092893 Yes
Rehmann, A. [5357] K002092910 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB3327] Kenya K002092327 No
Petrie, A.A. [s.n.] Australia K002091459 No
Wells, M.J. [2423] South Africa K002092914 Yes
Grabham, M. [93] Portugal K002091175 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [270] South Africa K002092918 Yes
Jacot-Guillarmod, A. [4037] South Africa K002092915 Yes
Smook, L. [5470] South Africa K002092912 Yes
Hyland, B.P.M. [7182] Australia K002091465 No
Smook, L. [5532] South Africa K002092913 Yes
Schweickerdt, H.G. [1409] South Africa K002092903 Yes
Pegler, A. [1352] South Africa K002092917 Yes
Rodway, F.A. [s.n.] South Africa K002092902 Yes
Smook, L. [5586] South Africa K002092911 Yes
Blake, S.T. [15933] Australia K002091464 No
Leach, L.C. [12749] South Africa K002092883 Yes
de Winter, B.; Codd, L.E. [545] South Africa K002092882 Yes
Joubert, G.J. [27947] South Africa K002092884 Yes
Medley Wood, J. [5929] South Africa K002092898 Yes

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  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/