Pentameris
# Pentameris

Pentameris is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean.

A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.

## Species

As of April 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

* Pentameris acinosa (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris airoides (Nees) Steud. – South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia
* Pentameris alticola (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris ampla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris andringitrensis (A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder – Madagascar
* Pentameris argentea (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris aristidoides (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris aristifolia (Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris aspera (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris aurea (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
* Pentameris barbata (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris basutorum (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
* Pentameris borussica (K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
* Pentameris calcicola (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris capensis (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris capillaris (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris caulescens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris chippindalliae (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – Tanzania
* Pentameris chrysurus (K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Tanzania
* Pentameris cirrhulosa (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris clavata (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris colorata (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris curvifolia (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa
* Pentameris densifolia (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris dentata (L.f.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris dolichochaeta (S.M.Phillips) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia
* Pentameris dregeana Stapf – South Africa
* Pentameris ecklonii (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris elegans (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris ellisii H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris eriostoma (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris exserta (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
* Pentameris galpinii (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
* Pentameris glacialis N.P.Barker – South Africa
* Pentameris glandulosa (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa
* Pentameris heptamera (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris hirtiglumis N.P.Barker – South Africa
* Pentameris holciformis (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris horrida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris humbertii (A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder – Madagascar
* Pentameris insularis (Hemsl.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Amsterdam I + St. Paul I (both in Indian Ocean)
* Pentameris lima (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris longiglumis (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris longipes (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris macrocalycina (Steud.) Schweick. – South Africa
* Pentameris malouinensis (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris microphylla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris minor (F.Ballard & C.E.Hubb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
* Pentameris montana (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris natalensis (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Eswatini
* Pentameris oreodoxa (Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
* Pentameris oreophila N.P.Barker – South Africa
* Pentameris pallescens (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa
* Pentameris pallida (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris patula (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris pholiuroides (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris pictigluma (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Yemen, Sudan, Rwanda, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
* Pentameris praecox (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – Lesotho
* Pentameris pseudopallescens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris pungens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris pusilla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris pyrophila (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris reflexa (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris rigidissima (Pilg. ex H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris rosea (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris rupestris (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris scabra (Nees) Steud. – South Africa
* Pentameris scandens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris setifolia (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho
* Pentameris swartbergensis N.P.Barker – South Africa
* Pentameris thuarii P.Beauv. – South Africa
* Pentameris tomentella (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris tortuosa (Trin.) Nees – South Africa
* Pentameris trifida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris triseta (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris trisetoides (Hochst. ex Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia
* Pentameris tysonii (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris uniflora N.P.Barker – South Africa
* Pentameris velutina (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris veneta (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa
* Pentameris viscidula (Nees) Steud. – South Africa

### Formerly included

See Chaetobromus, Danthonia, Merxmuellera, Pseudopentameris, Tenaxia. Some formerly included species are:

* Pentameris americana - Danthonia californica
* Pentameris californica - Danthonia californica
* Pentameris compressa - Danthonia compressa
* Pentameris epilis - Danthonia sericea
* Pentameris grandiflora - Merxmuellera grandiflora
* Pentameris intermedia - Danthonia intermedia
* Pentameris involucrata - Chaetobromus involucratus
* Pentameris macrantha - Pseudopentameris macrantha
* Pentameris obtusifolia - Pseudopentameris obtusifolia
* Pentameris provincialis - Danthonia alpina
* Pentameris sericea - Danthonia sericea
* Pentameris spicata - Danthonia spicata
* Pentameris squarrosa - Pseudopentameris obtusifolia
* Pentameris stricta - Tenaxia stricta
* Pentameris thermalis - Danthonia spicata
* Pentameris unispicata - Danthonia unispicata
