pictigluma:[4] Pentameris pictigluma is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native to Cameroon in West Africa, Ethiopia to Tanzania in East Africa, and Yemen.
[1] It was first described by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1854 as Aira pictigluma.
[5] As of February 2023[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following varieties:[1] Under the synonym Pentaschistis mannii, Pentameris pictigluma var.
mannii, endemic to Cameroon, was assessed as "near threatened" in the 2000 IUCN Red List.
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