Pentameris

Genus of plants

Pentameris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Genus: Pentameris
P.Beauv.
Type species
Pentameris thuarii
P.Beauv.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Danthonia sect. Pentameris (P. Beauv.) Trin.
  • Danthonia subg. Pentameris (P. Beauv.) Nees
  • Prionanthium Desv.
  • Prionachne Nees
  • Chondrolaena Nees
  • Achneria Munro 1868, illegitimate homonym not P. Beauv. 1812
  • Pentaschistis Stapf
  • Poagrostis Stapf
  • Afrachneria Sprague

Pentameris is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[3][4][2]

A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.[5]

Species

As of April 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[6]

  • Pentameris acinosa (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris airoides (Nees) Steud. – South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia
  • Pentameris alticola (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris ampla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris andringitrensis (A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder – Madagascar
  • Pentameris argentea (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris aristidoides (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris aristifolia (Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris aspera (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris aurea (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Pentameris barbata (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris basutorum (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Pentameris borussica (K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
  • Pentameris calcicola (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris capensis (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris capillaris (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris caulescens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris chippindalliae (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – Tanzania
  • Pentameris chrysurus (K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Tanzania
  • Pentameris cirrhulosa (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris clavata (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris colorata (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris curvifolia (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa
  • Pentameris densifolia (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris dentata (L.f.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris dolichochaeta (S.M.Phillips) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia
  • Pentameris dregeana Stapf – South Africa
  • Pentameris ecklonii (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris elegans (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris ellisii H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris eriostoma (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris exserta (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Pentameris galpinii (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Pentameris glacialis N.P.Barker – South Africa
  • Pentameris glandulosa (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa
  • Pentameris heptamera (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris hirtiglumis N.P.Barker – South Africa
  • Pentameris holciformis (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris horrida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris humbertii (A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder – Madagascar
  • Pentameris insularis (Hemsl.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Amsterdam I + St. Paul I (both in Indian Ocean)
  • Pentameris lima (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris longiglumis (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris longipes (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris macrocalycina (Steud.) Schweick. – South Africa
  • Pentameris malouinensis (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris microphylla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris minor (F.Ballard & C.E.Hubb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
  • Pentameris montana (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris natalensis (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Eswatini
  • Pentameris oreodoxa (Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Pentameris oreophila N.P.Barker – South Africa
  • Pentameris pallescens (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa
  • Pentameris pallida (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris patula (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris pholiuroides (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris pictigluma (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Yemen, Sudan, Rwanda, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
  • Pentameris praecox (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – Lesotho
  • Pentameris pseudopallescens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris pungens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris pusilla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris pyrophila (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris reflexa (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris rigidissima (Pilg. ex H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris rosea (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris rupestris (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris scabra (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
  • Pentameris scandens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris setifolia (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Pentameris swartbergensis N.P.Barker – South Africa
  • Pentameris thuarii P.Beauv. – South Africa
  • Pentameris tomentella (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris tortuosa (Trin.) Nees – South Africa
  • Pentameris trifida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris triseta (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris trisetoides (Hochst. ex Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia
  • Pentameris tysonii (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris uniflora N.P.Barker – South Africa
  • Pentameris velutina (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris veneta (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
  • Pentameris viscidula (Nees) Steud. – South Africa

Formerly included

See Chaetobromus, Danthonia, Merxmuellera, Pseudopentameris, Tenaxia. Some formerly included species are:

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Pentameris P. Beauv.
  3. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 92-93 in Latin
  4. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVIII (18), figure VIII (8) line drawings of Pentameris thuarii
  5. ^ Linder, Hans Peter, et al. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthionioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3): 306-364
  6. ^ "Pentameris P.Beauv". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-04-23.

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