Perotis

Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the family Poaceae.

Species

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