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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.

A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.

Species

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

• 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

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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
6. "Pentameris P.Beauv". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-04-23.

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora

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