- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Pentameris P.Beauv.
Pentameris thuarii P.Beauv.
- Genus: Pentameris P.Beauv.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Cape Prov.
[GB]
- Habit
- Perennial. Culms 100-300 cm long; woody. Leaf-sheaths inflated. Leaf-sheath auricles erect. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades convolute; 20-40 cm long; 2-5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface ribbed.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; ovate; 8-20 cm long. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 15-20 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus bearded; obtuse. Floret callus hairs 0.25 length of lemma.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 15-20 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus bearded; obtuse. Floret callus hairs 0.25 length of lemma.
- Glume
- Glumes persistent; similar; exceeding apex of florets; similar to fertile lemma in texture. Lower glume lanceolate; 15-20 mm long; 1 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acuminate. Upper glume lanceolate; 15-20 mm long; 5 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume apex acuminate.
- Florets
- Fertile lemma oblong; 3-3.5 mm long; membranous; without keel; 11 -veined. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; incised 0.2 of lemma length; obtuse; awned; 3 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 14-18 mm long overall; with twisted column. Lateral lemma awns arising on inner edge of lobes; 4-5 mm long; shorter than principal. Palea oblong; 1 length of lemma; 2 -veined. Palea surface pubescent; hairy on back and on flanks. Palea apex dentate; 2 -fid.
- Flowers
- Lodicules 2; glabrous.
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with free brittle pericarp.
- Distribution
- Africa: south.
- Reference
- Arundineae. WDC.
- Diagnostic
- Shoulders of leaf-sheath black.
Native to:
Cape Provinces
Pentameris thuarii P.Beauv. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1892 | Smook, L. [3757], South Africa | K000719870 | ||
| Hutchinson, J. [1229], South Africa | K000719872 | |||
| Burchell [6964], South Africa | K000367085 | |||
| Linder, H.P. [4803], South Africa | K000719884 | |||
| Schlechter [9282], South Africa | K000719862 | |||
| Parker, R.N. [4012], South Africa | K000719864 | |||
| Parker, R.N. [4012], South Africa | K000719865 | |||
| Parker, R.N. [3848], South Africa | K000719866 | |||
| Parker, R.N. [3848], South Africa | K000719867 | |||
| Parker, R.N. [s.n.], South Africa | K000719868 | |||
| Parker, R.N. [4465], South Africa | K000719878 | |||
| Parker, R.N. [s.n.], South Africa | K000719879 | |||
| Parker, R.N. [4012], South Africa | K000719880 | |||
| Drege [s.n.], South Africa | K000719861 | |||
| Rodin, R.J. [3246], South Africa | K000719876 | |||
| Adamson, R.S. [4052], South Africa | K000719881 | |||
| Killick, D.J.B. [3486], South Africa | K000719883 | |||
| Liebenberg, L.C.C. [3834], South Africa | K000719874 | |||
| Liebenberg, L.C.C. [3819], South Africa | K000719875 | |||
| Liebenberg, L.C.C. [3819], South Africa | K000719885 | |||
| Boucher, C. [1649], South Africa | K000719869 | |||
| Zeyher [s.n.], South Africa | K000719859 | |||
| Zeyher [6964], South Africa | K000719871 | |||
| McDonald, D.J. [816], South Africa | K000719877 | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.], South Africa | K000719863 | |||
| vanRensburg, W.L.J. [229], South Africa | K000719873 | |||
| Acocks, J.P.H. [21743], South Africa | K000719882 | |||
| Galpin, E.S. [4845], South Africa | K000719860 |
First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 93 (1812)
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.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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
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