Dactyloctenium aegyptium
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dactyloctenium
- Species
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1809
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Dactyloctenium aegyptium. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
38 synonyms in this snapshot
- Aegilops saccharinaName author: Walter
- Cenchrus aegyptiusName author: P.Beauv.
- Cenchrus mucronatusName author: Pers. ex Steud.
- Chloris guineensisName author: Schumach.
- Chloris mucronataName author: Michx.
- Chloris prostrataName author: (Willd.) Poir. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Ctenium nukavienseName author: Steud.
- Cynosurus aegyptiacusName author: Link
- Cynosurus aegyptiusName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Cynosurus carolinianusName author: Willd. ex Steud.
- Cynosurus cavaraName author: Dillwyn
- Cynosurus ciliarisName author: Rottler ex Hook.f.
- Cynosurus distachyosName author: Rottler ex Steud.
- Cynosurus macaraName author: Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Dactyloctenium aegyptiacumName author: (L.) Willd.
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium f. viviparumName author: Beetle
- Dactyloctenium aegyptium var. mucronatumName author: (Michx.) Schweinf.
- Dactyloctenium aegyptius var. mucronatumName author: (Michx.) Lanza & Mattei
- Dactyloctenium ciliareName author: Chiov.
- Dactyloctenium distachyumName author: Trin.
- Dactyloctenium figareiName author: De Not.
- Dactyloctenium meridionaleName author: Ham.
- Dactyloctenium mpuetenseName author: De Wild.
- Dactyloctenium mucronatumName author: (Michx.) Willd.
- Dactyloctenium mucronatum var. erectumName author: E.Fourn.
- Dactyloctenium prostratumName author: Willd.
- Eleusine aegyptiaName author: (L.) Roxb.
- Eleusine aegyptiaName author: (L.) Forsyth f.
- Eleusine aegyptiacaName author: Desf.
- Eleusine ciliataName author: Raf.
- Eleusine cruciataName author: Lam.
- Eleusine cruciataName author: Elliott
- Eleusine egyptiaName author: Raf.
- Eleusine pectinataName author: Moench
- Eleusine prostrataName author: Spreng.
- Rabdochloa mucronataName author: P.Beauv.
- Syntherisma aegyptiacaName author: Schult. ex Steud.
- Syntherisma aegyptiacumName author: Schult. ex Steud.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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