What is "perotis"

''For the jewel beetle genus, see '' Perotis (beetle).

Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.

Species

1. Perotis acanthoneuron Cope - Somalia
2. Perotis clarksonii Veldkamp - Queensland
3. Perotis flavinodula Mez - Tanzania
4. Perotis hildebrandtii Mez - West Africa ( Sierra Leone to Nigeria), East Africa ( Ethiopia to Tanzania), Madagascar, Seychelles
5. Perotis hordeiformis Nees ex Hook. & Arn. - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea
6. Perotis humbertii A.Camus - Madagascar
7. Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze - China, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Réunion
8. Perotis leptopus Pilg. - from Tanzania to Namibia
9. Perotis patens Gand. - Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar
10. Perotis pilosa Cope - Kenya
11. Perotis rara R.Br. - China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia
12. Perotis scabra Willd. ex Trin. - Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso
13. Perotis somalensis Chiov. - Somalia
14. Perotis vaginata Hack. - from Burundi to Namibia

formerly included

see Chaetium Mosdenia Pennisetum Pogonatherum

• Perotis cubana - Chaetium cubanum
• Perotis latifolia Eckl. ex Steud. 1841 not Ait. 1789 - Pennisetum macrourum
• Perotis phleoides - Mosdenia leptostachys
• Perotis polystachya - Pogonatherum paniceum

Perotis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:

• Perotis aereiventris Reiche, 1861
• Perotis bruckmanni Heer, 1862
• Perotis chloranus (Laporte & Gory, 1836)
• Perotis cupratus (Klug, 1829)
• Perotis hausmanni Heyden, 1862
• Perotis laevigatus Massalogo, 1855
• Perotis lavateri Heer, 1847
• Perotis lugubris (Fabricius, 1777)
• Perotis margotanus (Novak, 1983)
• Perotis planidorsis Liskenne, 1994
• Perotis reditus Heyden, 1862
• Perotis striatus Spinola, 1837
• Perotis susannae (Novak, 1983)
• Perotis unicolor (Olivier, 1790)
• Perotis xerxes (Marseul, 1865)

Perotis is the name of two genera of organisms:

• Perotis (beetle), in the Buprestidae family
• Perotis (plant), in the Poaceae family