Poaceae
Dactyloctenium

Dactyloctenium geminatum Hack.

First published in Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 26 (1899)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Maryland, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 23 (1958).
  • D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 39 (1965).
  • Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7: 26 (1899).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 18, 2019 Osborne, J.; Datizua, C.; Langa, C.; Zandamela, J.; Muthoque, N. (guide) [JO1631] Mozambique K001346455 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 2997] Kenya K002092357 No
Semsei, S.R. [2776] Tanzania K002092417 Yes
B[u]orks, Q.E. [4] Tanzania K001323236 No
Faulkner, H.G.; Faulkner, H. [3998] Tanzania K002092429 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [10411] Tanzania K002092410 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 2997] Kenya K002092361 No
Harrison, E.R. [461] South Africa K002092932 Yes
Rose lnnes, R. [874] Somalia K002092025 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [T 251] Tanzania K002092430 Yes
Hornby, A.J. [2013] Mozambique K002092635 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [3380] Kenya K002092400 No
Burtt, B.D. [154] Tanzania K002092433 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24454] Tanzania K002092439 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A.F. [2132] Mozambique K002092631 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [Jess/86/195-201] Somalia K002092013 No
Bogdan, A. [AB2997] Kenya K002092398 No
Chuwa, S. [2804] Tanzania K002092406 No
Allen, J.A. [34] Kenya K002092394 No
[J. F. H. Acochs] [16711] South Africa K002092923 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13460] Tanzania K002092409 No
[DJ Inalt] [MS 485] Kenya K002092369 No
Rose lnnes, R. [700] Somalia K002092022 No
Linton, A. [207] Kenya K002092392 No
Bourquin, O.; Ndlovu, A. [28] South Africa K002092927 Yes
BECKETT, J.J.; WHITE, R. [1804] Somalia K002092015 No
Frazier, J. [1114] Tanzania K002092414 Yes
Vaughan, J.H. [1057] Tanzania K002092437 Yes
[R.Roselumes]; Trump, E.C. [905] Somalia K002092014 No
Ward, C.J. [86762] South Africa K002092936 Yes
Boivin [s.n.] Tanzania K002092441 Yes
Davies, R.M. [2049] Zimbabwe K002092639 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3155] Kenya K002092378 No
Halse, R.H. [51] South Africa K002092925 Yes
Kuchar, G. [15677] Somalia K002092017 No
Greenway, P.J. [8992] Kenya K002092376 No
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH9858] Kenya K002092404 No
[W. N. R. Moutier] [19] Kenya K002092372 No
Wood, C.J. [2799] South Africa K002092924 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [s.n.] Kenya K002092365 No
Reid, C. [1045] South Africa K002092934 Yes
Rose lnnes, R. [RRI733] Somalia K002092021 No
[Bdewlistes ]; Codd, L.E. [545] South Africa K002092919 Yes
Papon, H. [1559] Kenya K002092370 No
Virgo, K. [81] Somalia K002092019 No
Hitchcock, A.S. [24418] Tanzania K002092419 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [4837] Tanzania K002092412 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [4544] Mozambique K002092633 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K002092391 No
Rogers, F.A. [4544] Mozambique K002092632 Yes
Brown, F. [6] Ethiopia K002092008 No
Hemming, C.F. [3076] Kenya K002092384 No
Glover, P.E.; Samuel [2810] Kenya K002092380 No
Modha, M. [36] Kenya K002092371 No
Ngángá, S.K. [5] Kenya K002092399 No
Jackson, G.; Johnston, F. [2243] Malawi K002092637 Yes
Martin, W.R.H. [19] Kenya K002092353 No
Brown, F. [89] Ethiopia K002092009 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 2997] Kenya K002092358 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1008] Kenya K002092388 No
Richards, M. [23511] Tanzania K002092422 Yes
Godfrey, R.K. [SH-1672] South Africa K002092921 Yes
Cockburn, N.C. [s.n.] Kenya K002092368 No
s.coll. [108] K002092808 Yes
Adanson, J. [334] Kenya K002092389 No
Barney, R.W. [1057] Tanzania K002092438 No
Marshall, J.J. [61] Tanzania K002092426 Yes
Myers, J.G. [14097] Sudan K002092004 No
Bavazzano, R. [s.n.] Somalia K002092006 No
Kuchar, P. [17150] Somalia K002092018 No
Gillett, J.B.; Newbould, J.B. [191] Kenya K002092366 No
Young, R.G.N. [s.n.] Mozambique K002092630 Yes
Hitchcock, A.S. [24370] Mozambique K002092629 Yes
de Wet [001739] South Africa K002092933 Yes
Lamprey, H.F.; Field, A.C.; Field, C.R.; A.L.P. [12] Kenya K002092375 No
Raynal, J. [19314] Tanzania K002092407 No
Bartlett, H.H. [1670] Tanzania K002092413 Yes
Roseluues, R.; Trump, E.C. [R1+ T 934] Somalia K002092010 No
Rose lnnes, R. [800] Somalia K002092020 No
Marshall, J.J. [61] Tanzania K002092431 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2597] Kenya K002092387 No
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K. [23808] Tanzania K002092425 Yes
Rose lnnes, R.; Trump, E.C. [893] Somalia K002092024 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 3155] Kenya K002092377 No
Bogdan, A. [866 AB] Kenya K000365339 Type Yes
Peers, A.W. [s.n.] Sudan K002092005 No
Davies, R.M. [AH9732] Tanzania K002092435 Yes
Forbes [s.n.] Mozambique K002092610 Yes
Leippert [6447] Tanzania K001323237 No
Battiscombe, E. [805] Kenya K002092390 No
Magogo, F.C. [1401] Kenya K002092383 No
Staples, R.R. [257] Tanzania K002092432 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [1304] Kenya K002092405 No
Peterson, P.; Soreng, R.J.; Romaschenko, K.; Abeid, Y.S. [23830] Tanzania K002092424 Yes
Gorini, P. [s.n.] Somalia K002092012 No
Hemming, C.F. [3098] Kenya K002092395 No
Moll, E.J. [4712] South Africa K002092930 Yes
s.coll. [5903] Kenya K002092374 No
Poultney, R.G. [AB 5460] Kenya K002092359 No
Frazier, J. [1114] Tanzania K002092415 Yes
Torre, A.R. [2439] Mozambique K002092634 Yes
Mearns, E. [132] Kenya K002092396 No
Davies, R.M. [2039] Zimbabwe K002092638 Yes
Rose lnnes, R. [847] Somalia K002092023 No
Paulo, S. [384] Tanzania K002092423 Yes
Davies, R.M. [AH 9731] Tanzania K002092442 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, Q.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR 714] Kenya K002092382 No
Greenway [5246] Tanzania K002092418 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [N207] South Africa K002092926 Yes
Munro, R.N. [72] Somalia K002092011 No
McCallum-Webster, M. [N 143] South Africa K002092931 Yes
Bogdon, A. [AB3155] Kenya K002092401 No
Frazier, J. [1076] Tanzania K002092416 Yes
Gillespie, J.B. [160] Kenya K002092385 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 4803] Kenya K002092354 No
Van Rensburg, H.J. [517] Tanzania K002092428 Yes
Archbold, A.E. [855] Tanzania K002092434 Yes
Simon, B.K. [53] Zimbabwe K002092640 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB 3155] Kenya K002092379 No
Mogg, A.O.D. [16701] Mozambique K002092628 Yes
Kassner [451] Tanzania K002092421 Yes
Torre, A.R. [2474] Mozambique K002092636 Yes
Ward, C.J. [7450] South Africa K002092935 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K002092440 Yes
Bally [B5186] Kenya K002092367 No
Greenway [1270] Tanzania K002092436 Yes
McKay [2] Kenya K002092363 No
Luke, Q.; Hamerlynck, O. [s.n.] Kenya K002092402 No
{H. P. d. Schiff} [1699] South Africa K002092920 Yes
Rawlins, S.P. [683] Kenya K002092393 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [7455] Tanzania K002092427 Yes
[Bdclerinter]; [L. E. Calth] [506] South Africa K002092922 No
Greenway, P.J. [4837] Tanzania K002092411 Yes
Mungai, G.M.; Mutangah, J.G.; Rucina, S.M.; et al. [248/83] Kenya K002092362 No
Robertson, S.A. [6115] Kenya K002092386 No
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [4877] Tanzania K002092408 No
Harrison, E.R. [45] South Africa K002092928 Yes
Kuchar, P. [15677] Somalia K002092016 No
Moll, E.J. [4603] South Africa K002092929 Yes
Verdcourt [2631] Kenya K002092381 No
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/1077] Kenya K002092373 No
Procter, J. [3338] Tanzania K002092420 Yes
Adamson, T. [7] Kenya K002092360 No
Carr, C.J. [210] Ethiopia K002092007 No

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