Dactyloctenium is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. Common name is crowfoot grasses. Species \n* Dactyloctenium aristatum - East Africa, Arabian Peninsula; Indian Subcontinent \n* Dactyloctenium aegyptium – Egyptian grass - much of Africa; Asia from Turkey to Taiwan to Indonesia; various islands of Pacific + Indian Oceans; naturalized in Australia, the Americas, southern Europe; more Pacific Islands \n* Dactyloctenium australe – Durban grass - eastern + southern Africa; Madagascar \n* Dactyloctenium buchananensis - Queensland \n* Dactyloctenium capitatum - Madagascar \n* Dactyloctenium ctenoides - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Aldabra, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, etc. \n* Dactyloctenium germinatum – Sudan crowfoot grass - eastern + souther