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Revision as of 17:10, 24 August 2009
Read about Dactylis glomerata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Dactylis (Greek daktulos, a finger). Gramineae. A perennial tufted grass with flat blades, thin prominent ligules and sheaths closed nearly to the throat, grown for forage and one form for ornament. Panicles glomerate; spikelets 2-5-fld., nearly sessile in dense 1-sided fascicles, these arranged in a panicle; lemmas hispid-ciliate on the keels, awn-tipped, compressed.—Species 1, north temperate regions of the Old World.
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| Origin: | ✈ | [[Origin::Europe, Asia, N Africa]] |
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Dactylis glomerata (Cocksfoot or Orchard Grass or Cocksfoot Grass) is a common grass, native to .
It is usually treated as the sole species in the genus Dactylis, but is commonly divided into several regional subspecies; some botanists treat some of these as distinct species, or at the lower rank of variety.
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Subspecies
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. glomerata
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. himalayensis
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. hispanica (syn. D. hispanica)
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. ibizensis
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. judaica
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. juncinella
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. lobata (syn. D. aschersoniana)
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. lusitanica
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. marina (syn. D. marina)
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. santai
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. smithii
- Dactylis glomerata subsp. woronowii (syn. D. woronowii)
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References
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