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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Dactyloctenium

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Poaceae

There are 13 species worldwide (warm regions) of which four are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Dactyloctenium australe (Durban grass)

 

Dactyloctenium geminatum

 

Dactyloctenium giganteum