Perotis (plant)
Perotis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
Subtribe: | |
Genus: | Perotis Aiton |
Type species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.[2][3]
- Cope - Somalia
- Veldkamp - Queensland
- Mez - Tanzania
- Mez - West Africa (Sierra Leone to Nigeria), East Africa (Ethiopia to Tanzania), Madagascar, Seychelles
- Nees ex Hook. & Arn. - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea
- A.Camus - Madagascar
- (L.) Kuntze - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Réunion
- Pilg. - from Tanzania to Namibia
- Gand. - Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar
- Cope - Kenya
- R.Br. - China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia
- Willd. ex Trin. - Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso
- Chiov. - Somalia
- Hack. - from Burundi to Namibia
- formerly included[1]
see Chaetium Mosdenia Pennisetum Pogonatherum
- Perotis cubana -
- Perotis latifolia Eckl. ex Steud. 1841 not Aiton 1789 -
- Perotis phleoides - Mosdenia leptostachys
- Perotis polystachya -
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Aiton, William 1789. Hortus Kewensis 1: 85
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ The Plant List search for Perotis
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Categories:
- Chloridoideae
- Poaceae genera
- Chloridoideae stubs