''Pentameris'' is a
genus of plants in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
, native primarily to
Africa, with a few species in
Yemen and on certain islands in the
Indian Ocean.
[Tropicos, ''Pentameris'' P. Beauv.]
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A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.[Linder, Hans Peter, et al. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthionioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3): 306-364]
; Species[
; formerly included][
see '']Chaetobromus
''Chaetobromus'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
; Species
There is only one known species, ''Chaetobromus involucratus'', native to Namibia and Cape Province.Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Afr ...
Danthonia Merxmuellera Pseudopentameris
''Pseudopentameris'' is a genus of South African plants in the grass family, found only in Western Cape Province
The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest ...
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References
External links
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Danthonioideae
Grasses of Africa
Grasses of South Africa
Poaceae genera
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