Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Pentameris lima (Nees) Steud.
Higher Classification
Monocotyledons
Family
POACEAE
Synonyms
Danthonia lima Nees, Pentaschistis lima (Nees) Stapf
National Status
Status and Criteria
Near Threatened D2
Assessment Date
2006/07/06
Assessor(s)
N.A. Helme, J.E. Victor & L. Fish
Justification
Known from six locations in the Kamiesberg. Potentially threatened by crop cultivation and by livestock grazing.
Distribution
Endemism
South African endemic
Provincial distribution
Northern Cape
Range
Namaqualand, Kamiesberg.
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Major habitats
Succulent Karoo
Description
South-facing slopes in shallow soils at the base of granitic domes.
Population
Population trend
Stable
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Pentaschistis lima (Nees) StapfNT D22012.1
Pentaschistis lima (Nees) StapfNT D2Raimondo et al. (2009)
Pentaschistis lima (Nees) StapfRare Hilton-Taylor (1996)
Bibliography

Chippindall, L.K.A. 1955. The Grasses and Pastures of South Africa ... Part. 1. A Guide to the Identification of Grasses in South Africa. 1:234-238.


Gibbs Russell, G.E., Watson, L., Koekemoer, M., Smook, L., Barker, N.P., Anderson, H.M. and Dallwitz, M.J. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 58:1-437. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.


Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.


Linder, H.P. and Ellis, R.P. 1990. A revision of Pentaschistis (Arundineae: Poaceae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 12:1-124.


Linder, H.P., Baeza, M., Barker, N.P., Galley, C., Humphreys, A.M., Lloyd, K.M., Orlovich, D.A., Pirie, M.D., Simon, B.K., Walsh, N. and Verboom, G.A. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3):306-364.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
Helme, N.A., Victor, J.E. & Fish, L. 2006. Pentameris lima (Nees) Steud. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14

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