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PENTAMERIS (G)

Family: POACEAE
penta-, = five-; meros, = part. (referring to parts or their number)
(LS, BL)
Pentameris acinosa (La)

Location: (K)
acinus, = a berry, especially a grape; the stone of a berry, -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development; acinosus, = like or similar to grapes.
(ld, BL)

The 2634 species, 644 genera and 178 families of plants have been compiled from the lists of the plants:

  • of the Hermanus Botanical Society compiled by Lee Burman, for the plants in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Hermanus. Location: (F).
  • of Mark Johns, Director of the Kogelberg Reserve, and of COASTEC, environmental consultants, for the plants in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Betty’s Bay, in the WesternCape Province, South Africa. Location: (K).
  • of Christopher Whitehouse, for the plants in the Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Stanford, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Location: (P).

Suggestions for improvements to the lists and comments would be welcomed.