What is "sartidia"

Sartidia is a genus of Southern African and Madagascan plants in the grass family. It was split from Aristida in 1963 by South African botanist Bernard de Winter and contains six known species, of which Sartidia perrieri is considered extinct. Other than most species in subfamily Aristidoideae, Sartidia species use the ancestral C photosynthetic pathway. Their natural habitats are warm, semi-arid savanna and dry forest at altitudes of where rainfall ranges from 250 to 1,500 mm per year. They are perennial grasses with inflorescence in a panicle.

1. Sartidia angolensis (C.E.Hubb.) De Winter – Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia
2. Sartidia dewinteri Munday & Fish – Mpumalanga (South Africa), Swaziland
3. Sartidia isaloensis Voronts., Razanatsoa & Besnard – Madagascar
4. Sartidia jucunda (Schweick.) De Winter – Limpopo (South Africa)
5. Sartidia perrieri (A.Camus) Bourreil – Madagascar (extinct)
6. Sartidia vanderystii (De Wild.) De Winter – Democratic Republic of the Congo