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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{taxobox
{{automatic taxobox
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
| display_parents = 2
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
| taxon = Pentameris
|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]]
| authority = [[P.Beauv.]]
| type_species_authority = [[P.Beauv.]]
|ordo = [[Poales]]
| type_species = ''[[Pentameris thuarii]]''
|familia = [[Poaceae]]
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=p>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=433044 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref name=w/>
|genus = '''''Pentameris'''''
|synonyms=
|genus_authority = E.Mey.
* ''Danthonia'' sect. ''Pentameris'' <small>(P. Beauv.) Trin.</small>
|subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
* ''Danthonia'' subg. ''Pentameris'' <small>(P. Beauv.) Nees</small>
|subdivision =
* ''Prionanthium'' <small>Desv.</small>
* ''Prionachne'' <small>Nees</small>
* ''Chondrolaena'' <small>Nees</small>
* ''Achneria'' <small>Munro 1868, illegitimate homonym not P. Beauv. 1812</small>
* ''Pentaschistis'' <small>Stapf</small>
* ''Poagrostis'' <small>Stapf</small>
* ''Afrachneria'' <small>Sprague</small>
}}
}}
'''''Pentameris''''' is a [[genus]] of grass in the [[Poaceae]] family.


'''''Pentameris''''' is a [[genus]] of plants in the [[Poaceae|grass family]], native primarily to [[Africa]], with a few species in [[Yemen]] and on certain islands in the [[Indian Ocean]].<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394171#page/176/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 92-93] in Latin</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394171#page/302/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVIII (18), figure VIII (8)] line drawings of ''Pentameris thuarii''</ref><ref name=w>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003773 Tropicos, ''Pentameris'' P. Beauv.]</ref>
==External links==
*[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00464.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]


A significant number of species are [[endemic]] to [[South Africa]].<ref>Linder, Hans Peter, et al. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthionioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3): 306-364</ref>

==Species==
{{As of|2023|April}}, [[Plants of the World Online]] accepted the following species:<ref name="POWO_18690-1">{{cite web |title=''Pentameris'' P.Beauv. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18690-1 |access-date=2023-04-23 }}</ref>
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*''[[Pentameris acinosa]]'' <small>(Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – [[South Africa]]
*''[[Pentameris airoides]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa, [[Lesotho]], [[Namibia]]
*''[[Pentameris alticola]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris ampla]]'' <small>(Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris andringitrensis]]'' <small>(A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – [[Madagascar]]
*''[[Pentameris argentea]]'' <small>(Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris aristidoides]]'' <small>(Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris aristifolia]]'' <small>(Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris aspera]]'' <small>(Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris aurea]]'' <small>(Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
*''[[Pentameris barbata]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris basutorum]]'' <small>(Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
*''[[Pentameris borussica]]'' <small>(K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]]
*''[[Pentameris calcicola]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris capensis]]'' <small>(Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris capillaris]]'' <small>(Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris caulescens]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris chippindalliae]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – Tanzania
*''[[Pentameris chrysurus]]'' <small>(K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – Tanzania
*''[[Pentameris cirrhulosa]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris clavata]]'' <small>(Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris colorata]]'' <small>(Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris curvifolia]]'' <small>(Schrad.) Nees</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris densifolia]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris dentata]]'' <small>(L.f.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris dolichochaeta]]'' <small>(S.M.Phillips) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – Ethiopia
*''[[Pentameris dregeana]]'' <small>Stapf</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris ecklonii]]'' <small>(Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris elegans]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris ellisii]]'' <small>H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris eriostoma]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris exserta]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
*''[[Pentameris galpinii]]'' <small>(Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
*''[[Pentameris glacialis]]'' <small>N.P.Barker</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris glandulosa]]'' <small>(Schrad.) Nees</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris heptamera]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris hirtiglumis]]'' <small>N.P.Barker</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris holciformis]]'' <small>(Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris horrida]]'' <small>(Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris humbertii]]'' <small>(A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – [[Madagascar]]
*''[[Pentameris insularis]]'' <small>(Hemsl.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – [[Île Amsterdam|Amsterdam I]] + [[Île Saint-Paul|St. Paul I]] (both in [[Indian Ocean]])
*''[[Pentameris lima]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris longiglumis]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris longipes]]'' <small>(Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris macrocalycina]]'' <small>(Steud.) Schweick.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris malouinensis]]'' <small>(Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris microphylla]]'' <small>(Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris minor]]'' <small>(F.Ballard & C.E.Hubb.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
*''[[Pentameris montana]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris natalensis]]'' <small>(Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania, [[Malawi]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Eswatini]]
*''[[Pentameris oreodoxa]]'' <small>(Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
*''[[Pentameris oreophila]]'' <small>N.P.Barker</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris pallescens]]'' <small>(Schrad.) Nees</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris pallida]]'' <small>(Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris patula]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris pholiuroides]]'' <small>(Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris pictigluma]]'' <small>(Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – [[Yemen]], [[Sudan]], [[Rwanda]], [[Cameroon]], Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
*''[[Pentameris praecox]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – Lesotho
*''[[Pentameris pseudopallescens]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris pungens]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris pusilla]]'' <small>(Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris pyrophila]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris reflexa]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris rigidissima]]'' <small>(Pilg. ex H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris rosea]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris rupestris]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris scabra]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris scandens]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris setifolia]]'' <small>(Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
*''[[Pentameris swartbergensis]]'' <small>N.P.Barker</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris thuarii]]'' <small>P.Beauv.</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris tomentella]]'' <small>(Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris tortuosa]]'' <small>(Trin.) Nees</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris trifida]]'' <small>(Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris triseta]]'' <small>(Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris trisetoides]]'' <small>(Hochst. ex Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – Ethiopia
*''[[Pentameris tysonii]]'' <small>(Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris uniflora]]'' <small>N.P.Barker</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris velutina]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris veneta]]'' <small>(H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder</small> – South Africa
*''[[Pentameris viscidula]]'' <small>(Nees) Steud.</small> – South Africa
}}

===Formerly included===
See ''[[Chaetobromus]]'', ''[[Danthonia]]'', ''[[Merxmuellera]]'', ''[[Pseudopentameris]]'', ''[[Tenaxia]]''. Some formerly included species are:
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* ''Pentameris americana - [[Danthonia californica]]''
* ''Pentameris californica - [[Danthonia californica]]''
* ''Pentameris compressa - [[Danthonia compressa]]''
* ''Pentameris epilis - [[Danthonia sericea]]''
* ''Pentameris grandiflora - [[Merxmuellera grandiflora]]''
* ''Pentameris intermedia - [[Danthonia intermedia]]''
* ''Pentameris involucrata - [[Chaetobromus involucratus]]''
* ''Pentameris macrantha - [[Pseudopentameris macrantha]]''
* ''Pentameris obtusifolia - [[Pseudopentameris obtusifolia]]''
* ''Pentameris provincialis - [[Danthonia alpina]]''
* ''Pentameris sericea - [[Danthonia sericea]]''
* ''Pentameris spicata - [[Danthonia spicata]]''
* ''Pentameris squarrosa - [[Pseudopentameris obtusifolia]]''
* ''Pentameris stricta - [[Tenaxia stricta]]''
* ''Pentameris thermalis - [[Danthonia spicata]]''
* ''Pentameris unispicata - [[Danthonia unispicata]]''
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons cat}}
* [http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00464.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

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[[Category:Danthonioideae]]
[[Category:Grasses of Africa]]
[[Category:Grasses of South Africa]]
[[Category:Poaceae genera]]
[[Category:Poaceae genera]]


Latest revision as of 16:06, 23 April 2023

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
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[edit]

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

Formerly included[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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