Biology:Pentameris pictigluma

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Short description: Species of plant

Pentameris pictigluma
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Pentameris
Species:
P. pictigluma
Binomial name
Pentameris pictigluma
(Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder[1]
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]

  • Pentaschistis trisetoides var. schimperi Danthonia trisetoides var. schimperi
  • Danthonia depressa Hochst.
  • Engl. Engl.
  • Danthonia uberior Danthonia trisetoides var. hackelii
  • Hochst. (Engl.) Pilg.
  • Danthonia nana Engl.
  • C.E.Hubb. Pentaschistis imatongensis

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), 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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