Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the family Poaceae.Aiton, William 1789. Hortus Kewensis 1: 85Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for Perotis 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 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
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