Perotis (plant)

Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.


 * Species
 * Perotis acanthoneuron Cope - Somalia
 * Perotis arenacea (Judz.) P.M.Peterson - Madagascar
 * Perotis clarksonii Veldkamp - Queensland
 * Perotis flavinodula Mez - Tanzania
 * Perotis hildebrandtii Mez - West Africa (Sierra Leone to Nigeria), East Africa (Ethiopia to Tanzania), Madagascar, Seychelles
 * Perotis hordeiformis Nees ex Hook. & Arn. - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea
 * Perotis humbertii A.Camus - Madagascar
 * Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Réunion
 * Perotis leptopus Pilg. - from Tanzania to Namibia
 * Perotis ornithocephala (Hook.) P.M.Peterson - India, Sri Lanka
 * Perotis patens Gand. - Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar
 * Perotis pilosa Cope - Kenya
 * Perotis rara R.Br. - China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia
 * Perotis scabra Willd. ex Trin. - Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso
 * Perotis somalensis Chiov. - Somalia
 * Perotis vaginata Hack. - from Burundi to Namibia

see Chaetium Mosdenia Pennisetum Pogonatherum
 * formerly included
 * Perotis cubana - Chaetium cubanum
 * Perotis latifolia Eckl. ex Steud. 1841 not Aiton 1789 - Pennisetum macrourum
 * Perotis phleoides - Mosdenia leptostachys
 * Perotis polystachya - Pogonatherum paniceum