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The genus Pentameris is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pentameris

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Pentameris capillaris (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris chrysurus (K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris clavata (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris dentata (L.f.) Galley & H.P.Linder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris dregeana Stapf	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris ellisii H.P. Linder	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Pentameris glacialis N.P.Barker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris hirtiglumis N.P.Barker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris horrida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris longiglumis (Nees) Steud.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris macrocalycina (Steud.) Schweick.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris minor (F.Ballard & C.E.Hubb.) Galley & H.P.Linder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris obtusifolia (Hochst.) Schweick.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris oreophila N.P.Barker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris rigidissima (Pilg. ex H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris swartbergensis N.P.Barker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris thuarii P.Beauv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris trifida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentameris uniflora N.P.Barker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 39 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pentameris. Of these 10 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pentameris. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 39 species names for the genus Pentameris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	25.6%
◕	Synonym	16	41.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	13	33.3%

All names

The status of the 42 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pentameris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	23.8%
◕	Synonym	19	45.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	13	31.0%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 39 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pentameris, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	10	12	0	0	22	56.4%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	5.1%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	13	15	38.5%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Pentameris is as follows: