Pentacyphus

Pentacyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Pentacyphus
Schltr.
Type species
Pentacyphus boliviensis (syn of P. andinus)
Schltr.

Pentacyphus is a genus of plants in thefamily Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1906.[1][2] It is native to South America.[3][4][5][6]

Species[7]
  1. Pentacyphus andinus (Ball) Liede - Peru
  2. Pentacyphus lehmannii (Schltr.) Liede - Colombia, Ecuador
formerly included

Pentacyphus tamanus (Morillo) Liede, synonym of Tetraphysa tamana Morillo - Venezuela

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References

  1. ↑ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1906. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 37: 605–606 in Latin with short commentaries in German
  2. ↑ Tropicos, genus Pentacyphus
  3. ↑ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
  4. ↑ Morillo, G. 1994. Fontellaea, gen. nov., y otras novedades o aportaciones en Asclepiadaceae andinas. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 52(1): 33–41
  5. ↑ Morillo, G. 1993. Asclepiadaceae andinas nuevas o interesantes. Acta Botanica Venezuelica 16(2/4): 55–71.
  6. ↑ Holm, R. W. 1950. The American species of Sarcostemma R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 37(4): 477–560
  7. ↑ The Plant List, genus Pentacyphus


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