Dactyloctenium scindicum Boiss., in Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 131 (1859) (syn: Dactyloctenium glaucophyllum CourbonDactyloctenium glaucophyllum var. elongatius CourbonDactyloctenium glaucophyllum var. robustius Courbon ; Eleusine aristata Ehrenb. ex Hook.f.Eleusine glaucophylla (Courbon) Munro ex Benth.; Eleusine scindica (Boiss.) Duthie);
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Egypt to Kenya and NW. India: Afghanistan, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, West Himalaya, Yemen as per POWO;
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Common name: Sind Crowfoot Grass • Hindi: Mothi, Tantia, Tantia-ghas, Ubio gantio • Sanskrit: Gavadani
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Dactylotenium sp from Rajastan – 060110-NSD 133 – efloraofindia | Google Groups: 1 image.
Photographed this grass on 17-12-09 form Jaisalmer area of Rajastan.
Local staff and Dr. G. Singh an expert from AFRI, told me its name as some sp of Dactylotenium, but i forgot its sp.
I try to find information from net, but could not get anything.
Experts pl id its species


it is Dactyloctenium sindicum


It is Dactyloctenium aegyptium


this is not a Dactyloctenium aegyptium
the inflorescence is very small in this sp
this is some species of Dactyloctenium, which is mostly found in Desert Area.


Then it must be D.sindicum. No other Dactyloctenium is reported from desert area.


there is two species of Dectyloctenium recorded from desert
Dactyloctenium aegypticum (L.) P. Beauv.
Dactyloctenium sindicum Boiss.

there is another species reported.
Dactyloctenium aristatum


 

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