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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Pentaschistis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Poaceae

There are about 65 species worldwide (Africa and Madagascar) of which 61 are native to southern Africa (mainly mountainous regions). 

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Pentaschistis acinosa

 

Pentaschistis airoides

 

Pentaschistis alticola

 

Pentaschistis ampla

 

Pentaschistis argentea

 

Pentaschistis aristidoides

 

Pentaschistis aristifolia

 

Pentaschistis aspera

 

Pentaschistis aurea

 

Pentaschistis barbata

 

Pentaschistis basutorum

 

Pentaschistis calcicola

 

Pentaschistis capensis

 

Pentaschistis capillaris

 

Pentaschistis caulescens

 

Pentaschistis chippindalliae

 

Pentaschistis cirrhulosa

 

Pentaschistis clavata

 

Pentaschistis colorata

 

Pentaschistis curvifolia

 

Pentaschistis densifolia

 

Pentaschistis ecklonii

 

Pentaschistis elegans

 

Pentaschistis eriostoma

 

Pentaschistis exserta

 

Pentaschistis galpinii

 

Pentaschistis glandulosa

 

Pentaschistis heptamera

 

Pentaschistis holciformis

 

Pentaschistis horrida

 

Pentaschistis juncifolia

 

Pentaschistis lima

 

Pentaschistis longipes

 

Pentaschistis malouinensis

 

Pentaschistis microphylla

 

Pentaschistis montana

 

Pentaschistis natalensis

Pentaschistis oreodoxa

 

Pentaschistis pallescens

 

Pentaschistis pallida

 

Pentaschistis papillosa

 

Pentaschistis patula

 

Pentaschistis praecox

 

Pentaschistis pseudopallescens

 

Pentaschistis pungens

 

Pentaschistis pusilla

Pentaschistis pyrophila

 

Pentaschistis reflexa

 

Pentaschistis rigidissima

 

Pentaschistis rosea

 

Pentaschistis rupestris

 

Pentaschistis scandens

 

Pentaschistis setifolia

 

Pentaschistis tomentella

 

Pentaschistis tortuosa

 

Pentaschistis trifida

 

Pentaschistis triseta

 

Pentaschistis tysonii

 

Pentaschistis velutina

 

Pentaschistis veneta

 

Pentaschistis viscidula