Dactyloctenium

S. N., Landge, R. D., Shinde & Mistry, M. K., 2021, On the correct identity and distribution ofDactyloctenium scindicum (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae: Dactylocteniinae) in the Indo-Gangetic plains and Peninsular India and notes on other species in India, Rheedea 31 (4), pp. 282-295 : 284

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.04.05

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/64368F0E-8720-E868-FF81-F5CBFD6BC65C

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scientific name

Dactyloctenium
status

 

Key to the species of Dactyloctenium View in CoL in India:

1. Perennials; anthers 1.2–2 mm long; caryopsis transversely rugose ........................................ 2

1. Annuals; anthers 0.5–0.8 mm long; caryopsis transversely rugose or finely granular or granular-striate .............................................. 3

2. Spikes 0.8–2.3 cm long; lemma mucronulate, never gibbous; culms bulbous-thickened at the base ............................................... D. scindicum View in CoL

2. Spikes (1.5–)2.5–3.5(–5) cm long; lemma acuminate, gibbous; culms not bulbous-thickened at the base ...................... D. australe View in CoL

3. Caryopsis finely granular or granular-striate; lemma conspicuously acuminate (tip 1.2–2.3 mm long); spikes 0.6–2(–2.9) cm long .......... ....................................................... D. aristatum View in CoL

3. Caryopsis transversely rugose; lemma mucronate (mucro usually 0.5(–1) mm long); spikes 1.2–6.5 cm long .............. D. aegyptium View in CoL

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Dactyloctenium

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