Poaceae
Dactyloctenium

Dactyloctenium pilosum Stapf

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 135 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya, Aldabra to Seychelles, Madagascar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles

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.

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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Stapf in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1919: 135(1919).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Harris, B.J. [1670] Tanzania K002092489 Yes
Fitzgerald, D.V.; Fitzgerald, F.G. [5943a] Seychelles K002092812 Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [7025] Seychelles K002092825 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. [750] Seychelles K002092818 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [48714] Seychelles K002092817 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. [898] Seychelles K002092826 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [788] Seychelles K002092814 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [1262] Seychelles K002092810 Yes
Wingfield, R. [3148] Tanzania K002092492 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. [1072] Seychelles K002092829 No
Renvoize, S.A. [2739] Seychelles K002092824 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Walker, M.S. [77437] Seychelles K002092830 No
Bogdan, A. [AB 4704] Kenya K002092490 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. [739] Seychelles K002092823 Yes
Stoddart, D.R. [983] Seychelles K002092822 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [49468] Seychelles K002092828 Yes
s.coll. [908] Seychelles K002092809 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [49800] Seychelles K002092811 Yes
Bouton [s.n.] Mauritius K002092831 No
Renvoize, S.A. [1175] Seychelles K002092816 Yes
Bojan; Blackburn, J.; Bojer [370] Mauritius K002092832 No
Stoddart, D.R. [1019] Seychelles K002092827 Yes
Friedmann, F. [4769] Seychelles K002092813 Yes
Frazier, J. [2159] Tanzania K002092491 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [1107] Seychelles K002092815 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [48819] Seychelles K002092821 Yes

Sources

  • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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