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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Perotis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Perotis acanthoneuron Cope	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis clarksonii Veldkamp	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis flavinodula Mez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis hildebrandtii Mez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis hordeiformis Nees ex Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis humbertii A.Camus	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis leptopus Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis patens Gand.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis perrottetti Gaudich.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Perotis pilosa Cope	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis rara R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis scabra Willd. ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis somalensis Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Perotis vaginata Hack.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 39 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Perotis. Of these 13 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 6 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Perotis. 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 Perotis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	33.3%
◕	Synonym	24	61.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	5.1%

All names

The status of the 45 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Perotis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	13	28.9%
◕	Synonym	30	66.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	2	4.4%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

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

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	13	24	0	0	37	94.9%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	2	2	5.1%

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