Perotis (plant)

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

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

Species^[4][5][1]

• 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^[4]

Perotis
Perotis indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Perotidinae
Genus:	Perotis Aiton
Type species
Perotis latifolia (syn. of P. indica) Aiton
Synonyms[1]
Diplachyrium Nees Holboellia Hook., nom. illeg. Lopholepis Decne. Toliara Judz. Xystidium Trin.

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