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Dactylis Linn., Sp. Pl. 1:71. 1753. Gen. Pl.,ed. 5, 34. 1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:595. 1884; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 7: 334. 1896; Bor, Fl. Assam 5:73. 1940; Sultan & Stewart, Grasses W. Pak. 2:199. 1959; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 530. 1960; Bor in Towns., Guest & Al-Rawi, Fl. Iraq 9:74. 1968; Bor in Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 70:12. 1970; Tzvelev, Poaceae URSS 514. 1976; Tutin in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 5:170. 1980.
Tufted perennials. Leaf-blades flat. Inflorescence a lobed, 1-sided, condensed panicle, the branches crowded with compact fascicles of spikelets. Spikelets 2-5-flowered, strongly laterally compressed, almost sessile; glumes persistent, unequal, 1-3-nerved; lemmas strongly compressed and keeled, herbaceous with membranous margins, 5-nerved, shortly awned; palea shorter than or as long as the lemma.
A genus of about 5 species in temperate Europe and Asia, widely introduced elsewhere; 1 species occurs in Pakistan.
Lower Taxa
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