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G.441. Perotis
Description of the genus
Mostly annual grasses with a false raceme like a bottle-brush. Spikelets 1-flowered; glumes subequal, 1-nerved, tipped by a long slender awn (that of the lower glume usually the longer). Lemma hyaline, 1-nerved, awnless. Worldwide: 10 species in the Old World tropics Zimbabwe: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| leptopus Pilg. | N,W,C | Description |
| patens Gand. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| vaginata Hack. | N,W,C | Description |
Other sources of information about Perotis:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: PerotisFlora of Caprivi: Perotis
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Perotis
Flora of Malawi: Perotis
Flora of Mozambique: Perotis
Flora of Zambia: Perotis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PerotisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Perotis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Perotis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Perotis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Perotis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Perotis
JSTOR Plant Science: Perotis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Perotis
Plants of the World Online: Perotis
Tropicos: Perotis
Wikipedia: Perotis
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