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Perotis (plant)

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Poaceae

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Poales

Higher classification
  
Grasses

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Similar
  
Grasses, Enteropogon, Brachyachne, Indian comet gra, Acrachne

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

Species
  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, RĂ©union
  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

see Chaetium Mosdenia Pennisetum Pogonatherum

  • Perotis cubana - Chaetium cubanum
  • Perotis latifolia Eckl. ex Steud. 1841 not Ait. 1789 - Pennisetum macrourum
  • Perotis phleoides - Mosdenia leptostachys
  • Perotis polystachya - Pogonatherum paniceum
  • References

    Perotis (plant) Wikipedia