Perotis ornithocephala
species of plant
Perotis ornithocephala is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka. When placed in the monotypic genus Lopholepis as Lopholepis ornithocephala, it was the only species.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by William Jackson Hooker in 1831 as Holboellia ornithocephala. It was transferred to the monotypic genus Lopholepis in 1854, where it was the only species. In 2014, it was transferred to the genus Perotis, the placement accepted by Plants of the World Online as of November 2024.
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