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Dactyloctenium radulans (buttongrass)

Synonyms: Dactyloctenium aegyptium var. radulans (homotypic); Dactyloctenium radulans var. conglobatum; Eleusine radulans (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Dactyloctenium radulans f. aristiglume
Dactyloctenium radulans f. conglobatum
Dactyloctenium radulans f. pumilio
Dactyloctenium radulans f. radulans
Dactyloctenium radulans f. typica

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [2]  Grass
Height [1]  8 inches (0.2 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Purnululu National Park II 604999 Western Australia, Australia

Predators

Geophaps plumifera (Spinifex Pigeon)[3]
Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo)[4]
Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4DIETS AND FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF RED AND EASTERN GREY KANGAROOS IN ARID SHRUB LAND: IS FEEDING BEHAVIOUR INVOLVED IN THE RANGE EXPANSION OF THE EASTERN GREY KANGAROO INTO THE ARID ZONE?, TERENCE J. DAWSON, KIRSTEN J. MCTAVISH AND BEVERLEY A. ELLIS, Australian Mammalogy 26: 169-178 (2004)
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