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Pentameris barbata (Nees) Steud. subsp. orientalis (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder
CR Indigenous
Morphological description

Tufted perennial 300-600 mm high, almost forming cushions; base glabrous; basal sheaths brown, soon rotting away; leaves cauline; stalked glands common to rare on leaves, pedicels and glumes. Leaf blade to 300 x to 9 mm, expanded, glabrous or more commonly hairy; margins scabrid; sheaths mouth with a ring of bristles. Inflorescence open, 110 x 70 mm, with ±200 spikelets; pedicels not hidden by spikelets; axils hairy. Spikelet 8-10 mm long; glumes acute, green, glabrous or hairy all over; lemma 2.5 mm long, hairy; lobes truncate-lacerate; lateral awns 3 mm long, exserted from glumes; central awn 8-11 mm long; palea hairy in upper half; anthers 1.8-2.0 mm long. From: Fish, L; Nembudani, MT; Moeaha, MJ. 2015. Pentameris P.Beauv. In: L Fish, AC Mashau, MJ Moeaha & MT Nembudani (eds), Identification guide to the southern Africa grasses. An identification manual with keys, descriptions and distributions. Strelitzia 36: 517-559. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Weakly tufted perennial, 300-600 mm high, almost forming cushions; basal sheaths glabrous, brown, soon rotting away; leaves basal or cauline; glands present on leaves, pedicels and glumes. Leaf blade up to 200 x 12 mm, expanded, margins usually with stalked glands, sheath mouth with a ring of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle, 110 x 70 mm, nodes villous; pedicels glandular. Spikelets 5-6 mm long, laterally compressed, awned; glumes ± equal, 1-nerved, green, glabrous or puberulous all over, usually with stalked glands. Florets 2; lemma 7-9-nerved, lobed; lobes truncate-lacerate, villous; lateral awns 3 mm long, exserted from glumes; central awn 8-11 mm long, twisted below; palea puberulous in upper half; anther 1.8-2.0 mm long; ovary apex glabrous. Flowering time Sept.-Nov., Feb. From: Fish, L; Bredenkamp, CL; Magwaza, ZL. 2019. Poaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(3): 1958-2104. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

On coastal dunes. From: Fish, L; Nembudani, MT; Moeaha, MJ. 2015. Pentameris P.Beauv. In: L Fish, AC Mashau, MJ Moeaha & MT Nembudani (eds), Identification guide to the southern Africa grasses. An identification manual with keys, descriptions and distributions. Strelitzia 36: 517-559. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

On coastal dunes. Eastern Fynbos-Renosterveld. From: Fish, L; Bredenkamp, CL; Magwaza, ZL. 2019. Poaceae. In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(3): 1958-2104. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Distribution

Endemic. WC. From: Fish, L; Nembudani, MT; Moeaha, MJ. 2015. Pentameris P.Beauv. In: L Fish, AC Mashau, MJ Moeaha & MT Nembudani (eds), Identification guide to the southern Africa grasses. An identification manual with keys, descriptions and distributions. Strelitzia 36: 517-559. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

February

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

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Names and Sources

Accepted name
Pentameris barbata (Nees) Steud. subsp. orientalis (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder
Synonym(s)

Pentaschistis barbata (Nees) H.P.Linder subsp. orientalis H.P.Linder

Published in: Contr. Bolus Herb. 12: 31 (1990)


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

PHYLUM Anthophyta

ORDER Poales

FAMILY Poaceae

SUBFAMILY Danthonioideae

GENUS Pentameris

SPECIES barbata

SUBSPECIES orientalis

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Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0036119-0 Collector(s) & number: van der Merwe, CV, 1634 | 1971--

South Africa, Western Cape, GOUKAMMA NAT. RES.; PLOT 22

General notes: Grows between fynbos.

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Barcode: PRE0783756-0 Collector(s) & number: Ellis, RP, 6002 | 1989-10-22

South Africa, Western Cape, Knysna Dist. Goukamma Nature Reserve.

General notes: Along path to beacon on stablized dunes to W of Goukamma River. Rare, only at dune summit.

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Observation records

Date: 1/10/2020 12:46:00 PM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 7/19/2013 12:00:00 AM

Western Cape

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Date: 2/17/2012 12:00:00 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 3/3/2023 10:11:00 AM

Western Cape, South Africa

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Date: 3/3/2023 10:02:00 AM

Western Cape

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2019

SERIES CHAPTER

Poaceae Fish, L; Bredenkamp, CL; Magwaza, ZL

In: CL Bredenkamp (ed.), A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province. Strelitzia 41(3)1958-2104

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2015

SERIES CHAPTER

Pentameris P.Beauv. Fish, L; Nembudani, MT; Moeaha, MJ

In: L Fish, AC Mashau, MJ Moeaha & MT Nembudani (eds), Identification guide to the southern Africa grasses. An identification manual with keys, descriptions and distributions. Strelitzia 36: 517-559

South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria

2010

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae) Linder, HP; Baeza, CM; Barker, NP; Galley, CA; Humphreys, AM; Lloyd, KM; Orlovich, DA; Pirie, MD; Simon, BK; Walsh, N; Verboom, GA

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3)306-364

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Status

Status and criteria

CR

Assessor(s)

Plantae Coordinator

Bibliography

JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1982. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: IX. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 40:247-298

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Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1983. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: X. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 41:299-319

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Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1983. Zaluzianskya (Scrophulariaceae) in south eastern Africa and the correct application of the names Z. capensis and Z. maritima. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 41:1-43

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Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1984. A revision of Diascia section Racemosae. Journal of South African Botany. 50:269-340

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Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1985. Conium (Umbelliferae) in southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 51:465-474

JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1985. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XI. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 42:227-260

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Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1985. A revision of Geranium in Africa south of the Limpopo. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 42:171-225

JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hilliard, O.M. and Burtt, B.L. 1986. Hesperantha (Iridaceae) in Natal and nearby. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 43:407-438

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