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Genus of plants
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.
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A significant number of species are
endemic to
South Africa.
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Species
As of April 2023
[update],
Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
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Pentameris acinosa (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder –
South Africa
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Pentameris airoides (Nees) Steud. – South Africa,
Lesotho,
Namibia
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Pentameris alticola (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris ampla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris andringitrensis (A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder –
Madagascar
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Pentameris argentea (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris aristidoides (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris aristifolia (Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris aspera (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris aurea (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
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Pentameris barbata (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris basutorum (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
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Pentameris borussica (K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder –
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Uganda,
Tanzania
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Pentameris calcicola (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris capensis (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris capillaris (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris caulescens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris chippindalliae (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – Tanzania
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Pentameris chrysurus (K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Tanzania
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Pentameris cirrhulosa (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris clavata (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris colorata (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris curvifolia (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa
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Pentameris densifolia (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris dentata (L.f.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris dolichochaeta (S.M.Phillips) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia
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Pentameris dregeana Stapf – South Africa
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Pentameris ecklonii (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris elegans (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris ellisii H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris eriostoma (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris exserta (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
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Pentameris galpinii (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
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Pentameris glacialis N.P.Barker – South Africa
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Pentameris glandulosa (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa
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Pentameris heptamera (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris hirtiglumis N.P.Barker – South Africa
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Pentameris holciformis (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris horrida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris humbertii (A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder –
Madagascar
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Pentameris insularis (Hemsl.) Galley & H.P.Linder –
Amsterdam I +
St. Paul I (both in
Indian Ocean)
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Pentameris lima (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris longiglumis (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris longipes (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris macrocalycina (Steud.) Schweick. – South Africa
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Pentameris malouinensis (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris microphylla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris minor (F.Ballard & C.E.Hubb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
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Pentameris montana (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris natalensis (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania,
Malawi,
Zimbabwe,
Eswatini
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Pentameris oreodoxa (Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
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Pentameris oreophila N.P.Barker – South Africa
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Pentameris pallescens (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa
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Pentameris pallida (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris patula (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris pholiuroides (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris pictigluma (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder –
Yemen,
Sudan,
Rwanda,
Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
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Pentameris praecox (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – Lesotho
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Pentameris pseudopallescens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris pungens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris pusilla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris pyrophila (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris reflexa (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris rigidissima (Pilg. ex H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris rosea (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris rupestris (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris scabra (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
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Pentameris scandens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris setifolia (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
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Pentameris swartbergensis N.P.Barker – South Africa
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Pentameris thuarii P.Beauv. – South Africa
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Pentameris tomentella (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris tortuosa (Trin.) Nees – South Africa
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Pentameris trifida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris triseta (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris trisetoides (Hochst. ex Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia
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Pentameris tysonii (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris uniflora N.P.Barker – South Africa
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Pentameris velutina (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris veneta (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
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Pentameris viscidula (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
Formerly included
See
Chaetobromus,
Danthonia,
Merxmuellera,
Pseudopentameris,
Tenaxia. Some formerly included species are:
References
External links
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