Pentameris

Pentameris
Scientific 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
	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.³⁴²

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

Species

As of April 2023, 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:

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

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

External links

Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

[p-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[w-2] 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

[POWO_18690-1-6] "Pentameris P.Beauv". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-04-23.

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