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Dactyloctenium aegyptium

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q4922404

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
taxon
Has use
medicinal plant, fodder, food[5][6][7]
Short name
D. aegyptium[11]
Described by source
Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1), Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[9][10]
Has basionym
Cynosurus aegyptius[8]
Has fruit type
grain[19]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[20]
NatureServe conservation status
secure[18]
Parent taxon
Dactyloctenium[3]
Taxon author citation
(L.) Willd.[21]
Taxon common name
Egyptian grass, 龍爪茅, hřebenatka egyptská, 龙爪茅, 龙爪茅, 紫金龙, Durban crowfoot grass[12][13][14][15][16][17]
Taxon name
Dactyloctenium aegyptium[4]
Taxon range
People's Republic of China, Shanghai, Fujian, Tibet Autonomous Region, Guangdong, Zhoushan Archipelago, São José de Ribamar, Guimarães, Loreto, Maranhão, Carolina, Alcântara, Myanmar
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Starfish grass en Coast buttongrass en Coast duck grass en Coast grass en Common crowfoot en Crowfoot grass en Dactyloctenium aegyptium en Duck grass en Durban crowfoot grass en Egyptian crowfoot grass en Egyptian fingergrass en Egyptian grass en L.m. Grass cs hřebenatka egyptská es Cynosurus aegyptius es Eleusine aegyptiaca fa علف پنجه‌ای مصری fr chiendent patte-de-poule fr dactylocténion d'Égypte hi मकरा
🔖 Identifiers · 86
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium 0001.jpg ↗
APNI ID
78k (78k–178k, n=3)
ARKive ID (archived)
dactyloctenium-aegyptium, egyptian-grass/dactyloctenium-aegyptium
ATRF ID
Dactyloctenium_aegyptium
African Plant Database ID
53490
Alabama Plant Atlas ID
4746
Atlas of Florida Plants ID
429
BOLD Systems taxon ID
305972
BioLib taxon ID
42766
Biota of New Zealand ID
46e30553-872d-47a1-b3a3-f021516f1b79
CPNI ID
CPNI-233-03295
CalPhotos taxon ID
Dactyloctenium+aegyptium
Show all 86 identifiers +74
Calflora ID
2604
Catalogue of Life ID
6BYDW
Czech NDOP taxon ID
36488
Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora ID
1477
Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID
177575
Dyntaxa ID
222410
EASIN ID
R04782
EFloraSA ID
Dactyloctenium_aegyptium
EPPO Code
DTTAE
EUNIS ID for species
191716
Ecocrop ID
866
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1114879
External data available at URL
www.gbif.org
Flora of Australia ID (new)
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Flora of China ID
200025115
Flora of Israel Online plant ID
DACAEG
Flora of North America taxon ID
200025115
Flora of the Southeastern United States ID
1890
FloraBase ID
288
FloraVeg.EU taxon ID
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Flowers of India ID
Crowfoot Grass
Freebase ID
/m/04gnk_b
GBIF taxon ID
2706188
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Go Botany taxon ID
species/dactyloctenium/aegyptium
GrassBase ID
imp02703
INaturalist taxon ID
76599
IPNI plant ID
30372551-2
IRMNG ID
10202286
ITIS TSN
789k (42k–789k, n=3)
Illinois Plants ID
2981
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
243314
Indian Medicinal Plants Database ID
2d561019cdc3054d595e12e34b7a47d3
Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States ID
5513
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID
19321
Invasive.org species ID
5513
Korean National Species list ID
120000064850
Maryland Biodiversity Project species ID
3964
Maryland Plant Atlas ID
3964
MyBIS species ID
3440
NBIC scientific name ID
156329
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0200003732
NCBI taxonomy ID
270102
NT Flora ID
4352
Naturbasen species ID
37518/kamfingergraes
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.151603
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
181198
New York Flora Atlas ID
6734
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
9220d10a-83e5-46f3-ae5a-14e473700edc
Observation.org taxon ID
117034
Open Tree of Life ID
752144
Pladias ID
2322
Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
kew-406842
Plantarium ID
55132
Plants of Hawaiʻi ID
F3A59011-65C9-4990-861D-E531539CCBCB
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:397387-1
Portal to the Flora of Italy ID
7349
Queensland Biota ID
15489
Red List of South African Plants ID
1365-1
Reflora ID
FB13150
SA Flora ID
Dactyloctenium_aegyptium
SERNEC taxon ID
600
TORCH taxon ID
600
TaiBNET ID
201465
TaiCOL ID (new version)
t0053288
Tropicos ID
25513580
UBio ID
4961947
UMLS CUI
C1645543
USDA PLANTS ID
DAAE
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID
10036
WCSPF ID
406842
Wildflowers of Israel ID
1479
World Flora Online ID
wfo-0000861704
Yale LUX ID
concept/fd710a8f-07c9-4078-83c1-88925d2ee394

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🔗 Connections
Taxon range 13
People's Republic of China, Myanmar, Shanghai, Guangdong, Fujian, Tibet Autonomous Region, Maranhão, São José de Ribamar +5 more
Has use 3
food, fodder, medicinal plant
Has fruit type 1
grain
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Dactyloctenium
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Dactyloctenium aegyptium is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

Myanmar People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Illinois Plants: Wild Plants of the Prairie State. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved . explorer.natureserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Illinois Plants: Wild Plants of the Prairie State. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ITIS TSN → 41630, 788686, 788687
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ ITIS TSN: 788687, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 25d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ITIS TSN → 41630, 788686, 788687
    Wikipedia languages → ['bm', 'ceb', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hi', 'hu', 'id', 'ja', 'ms', '
    Sitelink count → 19
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ ITIS TSN: 788686, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  3. 9w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Naturbasen species ID → 37518/kamfingergraes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Naturbasen species ID: 37518/kamfingergraes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/321232623|Dactyloctenium aegypticum (#321232623)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cat"
  4. 11w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    APNI ID → 178277, 125412, 77654
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ APNI ID: 77654, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269298|batch #269298]]"
  5. 11w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    APNI ID → 178277, 125412, 77654
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ APNI ID: 125412, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269298|batch #269298]]"
  6. 17w ago · HsfBot · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → grain
    Has basionym → Cynosurus aegyptius
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1), Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands
    Taxon rank → species
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Add Indonesian Wikipedia sitelink: [[id:Dactyloctenium aegyptium]]"
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