Sclerodactylon

Sclerodactylon is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.^[2][3]

Species

Sclerodactylon
The grass in the foreground is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Genus:	Sclerodactylon Stapf
Species:	S. macrostachyum
Binomial name
Sclerodactylon macrostachyum (Benth.) A.Camus
Synonyms[1]
Eleusine macrostachya Benth. Eleusine juncea Bojer Sclerodactylon juncifolium Stapf (type species of Sclerodactylon)

The only known species is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum, native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Aldabra, Seychelles, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.^[1][4][5][6]

formerly included^[1]

see Acrachne

• Sclerodactylon micrandrum - Acrachne racemosa