Poaceae
Dactyloctenium

Dactyloctenium scindicum Boiss.

First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 131 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to Kenya and NW. India. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, West Himalaya, Yemen

Introduced into:

Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • 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.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 23 (1958).
  • Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or., sér. 2, 4: 131 (1859).
  • Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 455 (1932).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 427 (1956).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1859 Fischer, S. [206] India K000907342 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1859 Stocks, J.E. [637] India K000245136 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1859 Stocks, J.E. [637] India K000245135 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1859 Stocks, J.E. [637] India K000245134 Type Yes
Stearn, W.T. [11] Pakistan K002091365 Yes
Kuchar, P. [17687] Somalia K002092116 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH9860] Kenya K002092501 Yes
Cope, T.A. [386] Oman K002091140 Yes
Peck, E.F. [334] Somalia K002092121 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4091] Saudi Arabia K002091121 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [5/71/32] Somalia K002092094 Yes
Guarino, L. [23] Oman K002091156 Yes
[Acres] [466A] Yemen K002091123 Yes
Spellenberg, R. [7480] Yemen K002091129 Yes
Pratt [YS 88] Yemen K002091126 Yes
Lace, J.H. [3478] Pakistan K002091372 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.A. [312] Sudan K002092050 No
Robertson, S.A. [1810] Kenya K002092493 Yes
Cope, T.A. [461] Oman K002091144 Yes
Ament, J.; Magogo, F.C. [330] Kenya K002092495 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [5677] Yemen K002091125 Yes
Rose Innes, R. [RRI678] Somalia K002092087 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Yemen K002091122 Yes
Phillips, L. [K246] Somalia K002092097 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [s.n.] Somalia K002092098 Yes
Murray, G.W. [3736] Egypt K002091160 Yes
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Sudan K002092053 No
Headley, P.M. [206] Ethiopia K002092075 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E.; Abdela, A. [12924] Ethiopia K002092061 No
Drummond, J.R. [21308] India K002091390 No
Longhitano, N. [95] Ethiopia K002092064 No
Rechinger, K.H. [29626] Pakistan K002091368 Yes
Burger, W.C. [2889] Ethiopia K002092076 No
Lavranos, J.J. [7250] Somalia K002092101 Yes
van Someren, V.G.L. [AH9359] Kenya K002092506 No
Stoliczka [s.n.] India K002091380 No
Masih, S. [16] Pakistan K002091375 No
Collenette, I.S. [3920] Saudi Arabia K002091114 Yes
Smeds, H. [1170] Ethiopia K002092066 No
Rahman, A. [25806] Pakistan K002091376 Yes
Lunt, W. [309] Yemen K002091135 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Melville, R. [15900] Somalia K002092127 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3724] Saudi Arabia K002091115 Yes
Gorini, P. [s.n.] Somalia K002092110 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [4066] Oman K002091146 Yes
Burger, W.C. [474] Ethiopia K002092056 No
Gillett, J.B. [13020] Kenya K002092500 Yes
Shetty, B.V. [2328] India K002091382 No
Elmi, A.A. [463] Somalia K002092117 Yes
Chandhary, S. [3856] Saudi Arabia K002091116 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [229] Saudi Arabia K002091120 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [21310] India K002091388 No
Stewart, R.R. [24827] Pakistan K002091370 Yes
Moss, N. [s.n.] Oman K002091150 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9197] Oman K002091153 Yes
Massey, R.E. [s.n.] Sudan K002092047 No
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir [15245] India K002091386 No
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9011] Oman K002091139 Yes
King, G. [s.n.] India K002091379 No
Trott, A.C. [1204] Saudi Arabia K002091117 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5134] Saudi Arabia K002091111 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [12810] Ethiopia K002092060 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Djibouti K002092133 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9006] Oman K002091155 Yes
Hansen, O.J.; Heemstra, H. [6160] Somalia K002092093 Yes
Pratt [YS 90] Yemen K002091127 Yes
{Kasmi Mohamed, S.M.A.; Mohamed; Hussein} [5843] Somalia K002092130 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [s.n.] Yemen K002091137 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13045] Kenya K002092508 Yes
Fison, T. [39] Somalia K002092132 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde, B.E.E.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [9765] Ethiopia K002092065 No
Hemming, C.F. [1436] Somalia K002092119 No
Rahman, A. [25808] Pakistan K002091374 Yes
Kasmi, S.M.A.; Cilmi; Mah'ud; Suliman [44] Somalia K002092131 Yes
Sandford, R. [14] Ethiopia K002092078 Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [1354] Somalia K002092124 Yes
Burger, W.C. [2170] Ethiopia K002092074 No
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [21959] Somalia K002092102 Yes
Virgo, K. [52] Somalia K002092114 Yes
McVean [s.n.] Pakistan K002091366 Yes
Lamond, J.; Rechinger, K.H. [1345] Pakistan K002091373 Yes
Lort Phillips, E. (Mrs.) [s.n.] Somalia K002092099 Yes
Kabir; Drummond, J.R. [15103] Pakistan K002091367 Yes
Lord, J.K. [s.n.] Sudan K002092051 No
Raffaelli, M.; Tardelli, M.; Mosti, S. [223] Oman K002091152 Yes
McLeish, I. [3438] Oman K002091148 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [5100] India K002091384 No
Elmi, A.A.; Hansen, O.J. [4002] Somalia K002092112 Yes
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [213] Yemen K002091124 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B6733] Eritrea K002092084 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [71] Saudi Arabia K002091132 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2256] Somalia K002092095 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [896] Ethiopia K002092082 Yes
Burger, W. [916] Ethiopia K002092070 No
Rowaished, A.K.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [s.n.] Yemen K002091136 Yes
Cope, T.A. [361] Oman K002091138 Yes
Herlocker, D. [H450] Somalia K002092103 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [4951] India K002091383 No
[B. T. G. Fausset] [36] Somalia K002092100 Yes
Wieland, R. [1136] Somalia K002092109 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Wondefrash, M.; Gatachew, E. [10560] Ethiopia K002092081 Yes
Linder [3614] Kenya K002092494 Yes
Fischer, S. [206] Oman K002091142 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [2033] Ethiopia K002092067 No
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/1024] Kenya K002092498 Yes
Bunderson, T.W. [27] Kenya K002092496 Yes
Peck, E.F. [Y88] Somalia K002092090 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [671] Ethiopia K002092059 No
Drummond, J.R.; Baksh, R. [21314] India K002091387 No
Collenette, I.S. [4062] Saudi Arabia K002091119 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [6] Somalia K002092091 Yes
Ciferri, R. [25] Somalia K002092118 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B11764] Somalia K002092096 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [20713] India K002091385 No
Drummond, J.R. [21307] India K002091377 No
Darling, R.C. [130] Sudan K002092049 No
Maconochie, J.R. [2896] Oman K002091149 Yes
[Smile]; [Lavaun] [850] Saudi Arabia K002091133 Yes
Burger, W.C. [1131] Ethiopia K002092057 No
West, O. [5612] Ethiopia K002092072 No
Herlocker, S. [464] Somalia K002092104 Yes
Appleton [s.n.] Somalia K002092120 Yes
Collenette [69] Somalia K002092129 Yes
Sebsebe, D.; Kelbessa, E. [2766] Ethiopia K002092058 No
Bavazzano, R.; Tardelli, M. [967] Somalia K002092126 Yes
Aucher-Éloy, P.M.R. [1468] Oman K002091143 Yes
{A. A. A. iid} [4] Somalia K002092128 Yes
Ellis, P. [198] Ethiopia K002092080 Yes
s.coll. [4313] Saudi Arabia K002091134 Yes
Cope, T.A. [545] Oman K002091145 Yes
Wood, D. [1345] Kenya K002092502 Yes
Cope, T.A. [591] Oman K002091147 Yes
[Taddesse Ebba] [823] Ethiopia K002092083 Yes
Deflers, M. [521] Saudi Arabia K002091130 Yes
Burger, W. [2960] Ethiopia K002092063 No
Hemming, C.F. [413] Somalia K002092111 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [[ii]74] K002091128 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1862] Ethiopia K002092069 No
Farquharson, R.A. [6] Somalia K002092092 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1221] Ethiopia K002092068 No
Lawton, R.M. [1871] Oman K002091141 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [3916] Saudi Arabia K002091118 Yes
Kabuye, C.; Luke, G.; Robertson, A.; Mungai, G.; Mathenge, S. [TPR 695] Kenya K002092499 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13402] Kenya K002092505 Yes
Meinertzhagen [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K002091112 No
Innes, R.R. [RRI828] Somalia K002092106 Yes
Stannard, B.; Gilbert, M.G. [824-863] Kenya K002092497 Yes
[M. N. H. Harrison] [1285] Eritrea K002092085 Yes
Burger, W.C. [2168] Ethiopia K002092073 No
Mooney, H.F. [7646] Somalia K002092108 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [75] India K002091378 No
Burger, W. [627] Ethiopia K002092079 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9146] Oman K002091154 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde, B.E.E.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [10478] Ethiopia K002092062 No
Drummond, J.R. [21311] India K002091389 No
Hodd, K.T.B. [310] India K002091381 No
Buechner, H.K. [3] Kenya K002092504 No
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland, H.B. [401] Ethiopia K002092077 Yes
Bally [D3030] Somalia K002092088 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.A. [1538] Sudan K002092052 No
Burger, W.C.; Amare [Getahun] [252] Ethiopia K002092071 No
Wieland, R. [4371] Somalia K002092105 Yes
Phillips, L. [K245] Somalia K002092122 No
Drummond, J.R. [21309] India K002091391 No
Borosova, R.; Heller, T.M.; Wilson, S.; Hassan, M. [RB213] United Arab Emirates K002091158 Yes
Heller, T.; Keogh, N.J.; El-Keblawy, A. [TMH226] United Arab Emirates K002091159 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir; Duthie [15103] Pakistan K002091371 Yes
Moggi, G.; Bavazzano, R. [962] Somalia K002092123 Yes
Cope, T.A. [392] Oman K002091151 Yes
Peveling [G22] Somalia K002092115 Yes
Moomau, J.C. [803] Kenya K002092503 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [24781] Pakistan K002091369 Yes
Martia, J.A. [4] Somalia K002092086 Yes
Burger, W.C. [3213] Ethiopia K002092055 No
Bavazzano, R.; Bavranos, J. [s.n.] Somalia K002092125 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [3047] Oman K002091157 Yes
Carter, S. [800] Somalia K002092113 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.A. [407] Sudan K002092048 No
Aitchison, J.E.T. [525] Afghanistan K002091161 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [3903] Somalia K002092089 Yes
Kuchar, P. [17773] Somalia K002092107 Yes
Aucher-Éloy, P.M.R. [5468A] Sudan K002092054 No

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