Pentameris is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean. A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: • Pentameris acinosa (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris airoides (Nees) Steud. – South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia • Pentameris alticola (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris ampla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris andringitrensis (A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder – Madagascar • Pentameris argentea (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris aristidoides (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris aristifolia (Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris aspera (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris aurea (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho • Pentameris barbata (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris basutorum (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho • Pentameris borussica (K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania • Pentameris calcicola (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris capensis (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris capillaris (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris caulescens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris chippindalliae (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – Tanzania • Pentameris chrysurus (K.Schum.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Tanzania • Pentameris cirrhulosa (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris clavata (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris colorata (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris curvifolia (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa • Pentameris densifolia (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris dentata (L.f.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris dolichochaeta (S.M.Phillips) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia • Pentameris dregeana Stapf – South Africa • Pentameris ecklonii (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris elegans (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris ellisii H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris eriostoma (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris exserta (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho • Pentameris galpinii (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho • Pentameris glacialis N.P.Barker – South Africa • Pentameris glandulosa (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa • Pentameris heptamera (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris hirtiglumis N.P.Barker – South Africa • Pentameris holciformis (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris horrida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris humbertii (A.Camus) Galley & H.P.Linder – Madagascar • Pentameris insularis (Hemsl.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Amsterdam I + St. Paul I (both in Indian Ocean) • Pentameris lima (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris longiglumis (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris longipes (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris macrocalycina (Steud.) Schweick. – South Africa • Pentameris malouinensis (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris microphylla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris minor (F.Ballard & C.E.Hubb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania • Pentameris montana (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris natalensis (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Eswatini • Pentameris oreodoxa (Schweick.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho • Pentameris oreophila N.P.Barker – South Africa • Pentameris pallescens (Schrad.) Nees – South Africa • Pentameris pallida (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris patula (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris pholiuroides (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris pictigluma (Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Yemen, Sudan, Rwanda, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania • Pentameris praecox (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – Lesotho • Pentameris pseudopallescens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris pungens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris pusilla (Nees) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris pyrophila (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris reflexa (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris rigidissima (Pilg. ex H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris rosea (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris rupestris (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris scabra (Nees) Steud. – South Africa • Pentameris scandens (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris setifolia (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa, Lesotho • Pentameris swartbergensis N.P.Barker – South Africa • Pentameris thuarii P.Beauv. – South Africa • Pentameris tomentella (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris tortuosa (Trin.) Nees – South Africa • Pentameris trifida (Galley) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris triseta (Thunb.) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris trisetoides (Hochst. ex Steud.) Galley & H.P.Linder – Ethiopia • Pentameris tysonii (Stapf) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris uniflora N.P.Barker – South Africa • Pentameris velutina (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris veneta (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder – South Africa • Pentameris viscidula (Nees) Steud. – South Africa

Formerly included

See Chaetobromus, Danthonia, Merxmuellera, Pseudopentameris, Tenaxia. Some formerly included species are: • Pentameris americana - Danthonia californica • Pentameris californica - Danthonia californica • Pentameris compressa - Danthonia compressa • Pentameris epilis - Danthonia sericea • Pentameris grandiflora - Merxmuellera grandiflora • Pentameris intermedia - Danthonia intermedia • Pentameris involucrata - Chaetobromus involucratus • Pentameris macrantha - Pseudopentameris macrantha • Pentameris obtusifolia - Pseudopentameris obtusifolia • Pentameris provincialis - Danthonia alpina • Pentameris sericea - Danthonia sericea • Pentameris spicata - Danthonia spicata • Pentameris squarrosa - Pseudopentameris obtusifolia • Pentameris stricta - Tenaxia stricta • Pentameris thermalis - Danthonia spicata • Pentameris unispicata - Danthonia unispicata