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Pentameris

Pentameris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Genus: Pentameris
P.Beauv.
Type species
Pentameris thuarii
P.Beauv.
Synonyms
  • Danthonia sect. Pentameris (P. Beauv.) Trin.
  • Danthonia subg. Pentameris (P. Beauv.) Nees
  • Prionanthium Desv.
  • Prionachne Nees
  • Chondrolaena Nees
  • Achneria Munro 1868, illegitimate homonym not P. Beauv. 1812
  • Pentaschistis Stapf
  • Poagrostis Stapf
  • Afrachneria Sprague

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.

A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.

see Chaetobromus Danthonia Merxmuellera Pseudopentameris Tenaxia



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