Perotis (plant)

For the jewel beetle genus, see Perotis (beetle).

Perotis
Perotis indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Perotis Ait.
Type species
Perotis latifolia (syn of P. indica) Ait.
Synonyms[1]
Xystidium Trin. Diplachyrium Nees

Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.^[2][3]

Species^[1][4]

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, Réunion
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^[1]

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

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Aiton, William 1789. Hortus Kewensis 1: 85
3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. The Plant List search for Perotis

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