Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.
POACEAE
- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.
Nomencl. ref.: Enum. Pl.: 1029 (1809)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Egyptian grass
English name: coast button grass English name: comb fringe grass
Italian name: Gramigna egiziana
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
Synonyms:
= Cynosurus aegyptius L.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dactyloctenium
Species:
Page counter: 1469 ( AVG: 222.25 / 291.354 )
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Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Habit inflorescens at Molokini, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Habit at Molokini, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 229.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Inflorescens and leaves at Molokini, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Habit at South Beach Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Seedhead at Kaohikaipu, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Seeding habit at Honokanaia, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
With Philoxerus vermicularis at Lido Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Inflorescence at Lido Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Seedhead at Spit Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Habit at South Beach Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Habit at Venice Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Voucher 060405 27 at Molokini, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Credit: Photo by Enrico Banfi
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Voucher 060405 27 at Molokini, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Seedheads at Honokanaia, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Habit at Gasparilla, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Habit at Lido Beach, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
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Map for Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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6) Dalea amoena S. Watson [125]
7) Dalea candida Michx. ex Willd. var. candida [301]
8) Dalea diffusa Moric. [119]
9) Dalea fremontii Torr. ex A. Gray var. johnsonii (S. Watson) Munz [127]
10) Dalea laxiflora Pursh var. pumilla Shinners [132]
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