Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants
G.373. Dactyloctenium - Crowfoots
Description of the genus
Annuals or stoloniferous perennials. Inflorescence a horizontal whorl of racemes; raceme terminating in a naked point. Spikelets several-flowered, laterally flattened. Glumes 1-nerved, subequal, shorter than the lemmas; lower acute; upper awned from just below the apex. Lemma: nerves and flanks glabrous; apex entire. Paleas falling with the lemmas. Worldwide: 10 species in warm regions, mainly in the Old World Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): DactylocteniumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dactyloctenium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dactyloctenium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dactyloctenium
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iNaturalist: Dactyloctenium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dactyloctenium
JSTOR Plant Science: Dactyloctenium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dactyloctenium
Plants of the World Online: Dactyloctenium
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Wikipedia: Dactyloctenium