Perotis (plant)

For the jewel beetle genus, see Perotis (beetle).
Perotis
Perotis indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Perotis
Ait.
Type species
Perotis latifolia
(syn of P. indica)
Ait.
Synonyms[1]
  • Xystidium Trin.
  • Diplachyrium Nees

Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.[2][3]

Species[1][4]
  1. Perotis acanthoneuron Cope - Somalia
  2. Perotis clarksonii Veldkamp - Queensland
  3. Perotis flavinodula Mez - Tanzania
  4. Perotis hildebrandtii Mez - West Africa (Sierra Leone to Nigeria), East Africa (Ethiopia to Tanzania), Madagascar, Seychelles
  5. Perotis hordeiformis Nees ex Hook. & Arn. - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea
  6. Perotis humbertii A.Camus - Madagascar
  7. Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Réunion
  8. Perotis leptopus Pilg. - from Tanzania to Namibia
  9. Perotis patens Gand. - Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar
  10. Perotis pilosa Cope - Kenya
  11. Perotis rara R.Br. - China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia
  12. Perotis scabra Willd. ex Trin. - Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso
  13. Perotis somalensis Chiov. - Somalia
  14. Perotis vaginata Hack. - from Burundi to Namibia
formerly included[1]

see Chaetium Mosdenia Pennisetum Pogonatherum


References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Aiton, William 1789. Hortus Kewensis 1: 85
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ The Plant List search for Perotis

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