G.441. Perotis Aiton

Description of the genus

Mostly annual grasses with a false raceme like a bottle-brush. Spikelets 1-flowered; glumes subequal, 1-nerved, tipped by a long slender awn (that of the lower glume usually the longer). Lemma hyaline, 1-nerved, awnless.

Worldwide: 10 species in the Old World tropics

Tanzania: 3 taxa.

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SpeciesFTEA divisionsContent
leptopus Pilg.Description
patens Gand.Description, Image
vaginata Hack.Description

Other sources of information about Perotis:

Our websites:

Flora of Angola: Perotis
Flora of Botswana: Perotis
Flora of Burundi: Perotis
Flora of Caprivi: Perotis
Flora of the DRC: Perotis
Flora of Kenya: Perotis
Flora of Malawi: Perotis
Flora of Mozambique: Perotis
Flora of Rwanda: Perotis
Flora of Uganda: Perotis
Flora of Zambia: Perotis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Perotis

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Perotis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Perotis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Perotis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Perotis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Perotis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Perotis
JSTOR Plant Science: Perotis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Perotis
Plants of the World Online: Perotis
Tropicos: Perotis
Wikipedia: Perotis

Copyright: The Tanzania flora team, 2026

The Tanzania flora team (2026). Flora of Tanzania: Genus page: Perotis.
https://www.tanzaniaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=187, retrieved 28 September 2026

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