- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Pentameris P.Beauv.
Pentameris pallescens (Schrad.) Nees
- Genus: Pentameris P.Beauv.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Cape Prov.
[GB]
- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Butt sheaths pallid; glossy; glabrous; persistent and investing base of culm; with compacted dead sheaths. Glands elongated. Culms decumbent; 60-120 cm long; 3-5 -noded. Lateral branches lacking. Leaves mostly basal. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or hirsute. Leaf-sheath oral hairs bearded. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades 10-18 cm long; 7-10 mm wide; flaccid. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or hirsute. Leaf-blade margins smooth. Leaf-blade apex acute.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle; comprising 200 fertile spikelets. Panicle open; ovate; 10-18 cm long; 7-10 cm wide. Panicle branches bearded in axils. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels filiform; 0.75 length of fertile spikelet; glandular; smooth.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 10-12 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus evident; pubescent.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 10-12 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus evident; pubescent.
- Glume
- Glumes persistent; similar; exceeding apex of florets; gaping. Lower glume elliptic; 10-12 mm long; 1 length of upper glume; membranous; mid-green; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume primary vein scaberulous. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume surface smooth, or asperulous. Lower glume apex acuminate. Upper glume elliptic; 10-12 mm long; 2-2.5 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; mid-green; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume primary vein scaberulous. Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume surface smooth, or asperulous. Upper glume apex acuminate.
- Florets
- Fertile lemma oblong; 4-6 mm long; membranous; without keel; 5-9 -veined. Lemma surface villous. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; with lobes 2.5 mm long; awned; 3 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 9-15 mm long overall; with twisted column. Lateral lemma awns arising on inner edge of lobes; 3 mm long; enclosed by glumes; shorter than principal. Palea surface pubescent; hairy on back; hairy above.
- Flowers
- Lodicules 2; cuneate; fleshy; glabrous. Anthers 3; 3.5-4 mm long; purple.
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
- Distribution
- Africa: south.
- Reference
- Arundineae. Linder.
Native to:
Cape Provinces
Pentameris pallescens (Schrad.) Nees appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webster, M.M. [N33], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719453 | ||
| Burchell [544], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719433 | ||
| Harvey [150], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719442 | ||
| Linder, H.P. [4339], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719451 | ||
| Linder, H.P. [4539], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719452 | ||
| Esterhuysen, E. [34104], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719450 | ||
| Drege [s.n.], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719438 | ||
| Drege [s.n.], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719440 | ||
| Acocks, J.P.H. [15266], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719447 | ||
| Acocks, J.P.H. [15266], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719448 | ||
| Wolley-Dod, A.H. [3491], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719435 | ||
| Wolley-Dod, A.H. [1962], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719436 | ||
| Bolus, F. [14859], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719434 | ||
| Bergius [s.n.], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719439 | ||
| Bergius [s.n.], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719441 | ||
| Gillivray, J.M. [393], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719437 | ||
| Sandwith, C. [72], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719444 | ||
| Sandwith, C. [145], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719445 | ||
| Sandwith, C. [145], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719446 | ||
| Rehm, S. [605], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719443 | ||
| v.d.Merwe, P. [23-74], South Africa | Pentaschistis pallescens | K000719449 | ||
| Codd, L.E. [3552], South Africa | Pentaschistis involuta | K000719330 | ||
| Acocks, J.P.H. [21612], South Africa | Pentaschistis involuta | K000719333 | ||
| Fourcade, H.G. [2855], South Africa | Pentaschistis involuta | K000719332 | ||
| Taylor, H.G. [4204], South Africa | Pentaschistis involuta | K000719334 | ||
| Kruger, F.J. [KR235], South Africa | Pentaschistis involuta | K000719331 |
First published in Linnaea 7: 312 (1832)
Not accepted by
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Pentaschistis pallescens.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0