Perotis (plant) explained

Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]}

Species^{[3] [4] [5]}

• Perotis acanthoneuron Cope - Somalia
• Perotis arenacea (Judz.) P.M.Peterson - Madagascar
• Perotis clarksonii Veldkamp - Queensland
• Perotis flavinodula Mez - Tanzania
• Perotis hildebrandtii Mez - West Africa (Sierra Leone to Nigeria), East Africa (Ethiopia to Tanzania), Madagascar, Seychelles
• Perotis hordeiformis Nees ex Hook. & Arn. - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea
• Perotis humbertii A.Camus - Madagascar
• Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Réunion
• Perotis leptopus Pilg. - from Tanzania to Namibia
• Perotis ornithocephala (Hook.) P.M.Peterson - India, Sri Lanka
• Perotis patens Gand. - Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar
• Perotis pilosa Cope - Kenya
• Perotis rara R.Br. - China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia
• Perotis scabra Willd. ex Trin. - Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso
• Perotis somalensis Chiov. - Somalia
• Perotis vaginata Hack. - from Burundi to Namibia

formerly included^[3] see Chaetium Mosdenia Pennisetum Pogonatherum

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

Notes and References

1. Aiton, William 1789. Hortus Kewensis 1: 85
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00470.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=433279 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Perotis The Plant List search for Perotis
5. 18703-1 . Perotis Aiton . 14 April 2024.