Perotis (plant)


Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the family Poaceae.
; SpeciesPerotis acanthoneuron Cope - SomaliaPerotis arenacea P.M.Peterson - MadagascarPerotis clarksonii Veldkamp - QueenslandPerotis flavinodula Mez - TanzaniaPerotis hildebrandtii Mez - West Africa, East Africa, Madagascar, SeychellesPerotis hordeiformis Nees ex Hook. & Arn. - China, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, New GuineaPerotis humbertii A.Camus - MadagascarPerotis indica Kuntze - China, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, RéunionPerotis leptopus Pilg. - from Tanzania to NamibiaPerotis ornithocephala P.M.Peterson - India, Sri LankaPerotis patens Gand. - Sub-Saharan Africa, MadagascarPerotis pilosa Cope - KenyaPerotis rara R.Br. - China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, AustraliaPerotis scabra Willd. ex Trin. - Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina FasoPerotis somalensis Chiov. - SomaliaPerotis vaginata Hack. - from Burundi to Namibia
; formerly included
see Chaetium Mosdenia Pennisetum Pogonatherum Perotis cubana - Chaetium cubanumPerotis latifolia Eckl. ex Steud. 1841 not Aiton 1789 - Pennisetum macrourumPerotis phleoides - Mosdenia leptostachys