Pentameris aurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Danthonioideae
Tribus: Danthonieae
Genus: Pentameris
Species: Pentameris aurea
Subspecies: P. a. subsp. aurea – P. a. subsp. pilosogluma

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pentameris aurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 8. Reference page.

Name

Pentameris aurea (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 97: 330 (2010)

Synonymy

• Aira aurea Steud. Flora 12: 470 (1829)
• Airopsis aurea (Steud.) Nees Linnaea 7: 317 (1832)
• Eriachne aurea (Steud.) Nees Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 276 (1841)
• Achneria aurea (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 836 (1894)
• Pentaschistis aurea (Steud.) McClean S. African J. Sci. 23: 282 (1926)
• Afrachneria aurea (Nees) Adamson J. S. African Bot. 5: 53 (1939)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Adamson, R.S. 1939. Some changes in nomenclature II. Journal of South African Botany 5: 53-58. Reference page. 
• Linder, H.P., Baeza, C.M., Barker, N.P., Galley, C.A., Humphreys, A.M., Lloyd, K.M., Orlovich, D.A., Pirie, M.D., Simon, B.K., Walsh, N.G. & Verboom, G.A. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3): 306–364. DOI: 10.3417/2009006 . BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Pentameris aurea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pentameris aurea. Published online. Accessed: November 8 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pentameris aurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 November 8. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Pentameris aurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 November 2020.

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