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Species of plant
Pentameris pictigluma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Monocots
Clade :
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Pentameris
Species:
P. pictigluma
Binomial name
Pentameris pictigluma
Varieties
See text .
Synonyms
Of the species:
[1]
Aira pictigluma Steud.
Danthonia anthoxanthiformis Hochst., nom. superfl.
Pentaschistis pictigluma (Steud.) Pilg.
Of var. gracilis :
[2]
Pentaschistis gracilis S.M.Phillips
Pentaschistis pictigluma var. gracilis (S.M.Phillips) S.M.Phillips
Of var. mannii :
[3]
Pentaschistis mannii Stapf ex C.E.Hubb.
Pentaschistis pictigluma var. mannii (Stapf ex C.E.Hubb.) S.M.Phillips
Of var. pictigluma :
[4]
Danthonia depressa Hochst.
Danthonia nana Engl.
Danthonia trisetoides var. hackelii Engl.
Danthonia trisetoides var. schimperi Engl.
Danthonia uberior Hochst.
Pentaschistis imatongensis C.E.Hubb.
Pentaschistis trisetoides var. schimperi (Engl.) Pilg.
Pentameris pictigluma is a
species of
flowering plant in the family
Poaceae ,
native to
Cameroon in West Africa,
Ethiopia to
Tanzania in East Africa, and
Yemen .
[1] It was first described by
Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1854 as Aira pictigluma .
[5]
Varieties
As of February 2023
[update] ,
Plants of the World Online accepted the following varieties:
[1]
Pentameris pictigluma var. gracilis (S.M.Phillips) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia and
Kenya
[2]
Pentameris pictigluma var. mannii (Stapf ex C.E.Hubb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Cameroon
[3]
Pentameris pictigluma var. pictigluma – Ethiopia, Kenya,
Rwanda ,
Sudan , Tanzania,
Uganda and Yemen
[4]
Conservation
Under the
synonym Pentaschistis mannii , Pentameris pictigluma var. mannii , endemic to Cameroon, was assessed as "
near threatened " in the 2000
IUCN Red List .
[6]
References
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"Pentameris pictigluma (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder" ,
Plants of the World Online ,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-02-14
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a
b
"Pentameris pictigluma var. gracilis (S.M.Phillips) Galley & H.P.Linder" ,
Plants of the World Online ,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-02-14
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a
b
"Pentameris pictigluma var. mannii (Stapf ex C.E.Hubb.) Galley & H.P.Linder" ,
Plants of the World Online ,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-02-14
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a
b
"Pentameris pictigluma var. pictigluma " ,
Plants of the World Online ,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-02-14
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"Pentameris pictigluma (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder" ,
The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2023-02-14
^ Cheek, M.; Cable, S. (2000),
"Pentameris pictigluma var. mannii " ,
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , 2000 : e.T39565A10241608,
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39565A10241608.en , retrieved 2023-02-14
Pentameris pictigluma Aira pictigluma