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Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Durban crowsfoot grass; crowfoot grass; Egyptian grass)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Dactyloctenium aegyptium, or Egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family Poaceae native in Africa. The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites. It is known as "පුටු තණ - putu thana" by local Sri Lankaan people.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [2]  Grass

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External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

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♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Diet of the endangered Tehuantepec jackrabbit, Lepus flavigularis, Consuelo Lorenzo, Arturo Carrillo-Reyes, Maricela Gómez-Sánchez, Azucena Velázquez and Eduardo Espinoza, THERYA, Abril, 2011 Vol.2(1): 67-76
♦ 6Sighting frequency and food habits of the leopard tortoise, Geochelone pardalis, in northern Tanzania, J. Kabigumila, Afr. J. Ecol., 39, 276-285 (2001)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0