Biology:Perotis ornithocephala
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Short description: Genus of grasses
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Perotis |
| Species: | P. ornithocephala
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| Binomial name | |
| Perotis ornithocephala (Hook.) P.M.Peterson[1]
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Perotis ornithocephala is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka.[1] When placed in the monotypic genus Lopholepis as Lopholepis ornithocephala, it was the only species.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by William Jackson Hooker in 1831 as Holboellia ornithocephala.[3][4] It was transferred to the monotypic genus Lopholepis in 1854,[1] where it was the only species.[2] In 2014, it was transferred to the genus Perotis, the placement accepted by Plants of the World Online as of November 2024[update].[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Perotis ornithocephala (Hook.) P.M.Peterson", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77138753-1, retrieved 2024-11-19
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Search for 'Lopholepis'", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Lopholepis, retrieved 2024-11-19
- ↑ "Perotis ornithocephala (Hook.) P.M.Peterson", The International Plant Names Index, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=77138753-1, retrieved 2024-11-19
- ↑ Hooker, William Jackson. 1831. Botanical Miscellany 2: 144-146. Descriptions in Latin, commentary in English.
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