Pentatropis

Pentatropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Pentatropis
R. Br. ex Wight & Arn.
Type species
Pentatropis microphylla
(Roth ex Schult.) Wight & Arn. 1834 not Wall. 1847
Synonyms[1]

Eutropis Falc.

Pentatropis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1834.[1][2] It is native to Africa and southern Asia.[3][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Pentatropis bentii (N.E.Br.) Liede - from Arabia to Pakistan
  2. Pentatropis capensis (L.f.) Bullock - India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  3. Pentatropis fasciculatus (K. Schum.) N.E.Br. - tropical Africa
  4. Pentatropis nivalis (J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood - southern Africa, Madagascar
  5. Pentatropis novo-guineensis Valeton - New Guinea
  6. Pentatropis oblongifolia (Costantin) Liede - Thailand
  7. Pentatropis pierrei Costantin - Vietnam
  8. Pentatropis rigida Chiov. - Somalia
  9. Pentatropis senegalensis Decne. - W Africa
formerly included[6]

moved to other genera (Blyttia, Cynanchum, Daemia, Rhyncharrhena)

  1. P. atropurpurea now Daemia atropurpurea
  2. P. kempeana now Daemia kempeana
  3. P. linearis now Rhyncharrhena linearis
  4. P. officinalis now Cynanchum officinale
  5. P. quinquepartita now Daemia quinquepartita
  6. P. spiralis now Blyttia spiralis
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References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, genus Pentatropis
  2. ↑ Wight, Robert & Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 52
  3. ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. ↑ Bullock, A. A. 1955. Notes on African Asclepiadaceae, VI. Kew Bulletin 10: 265–292.
  5. ↑ Flora of Pakistan, genus Pentatropis
  6. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Pentatropis
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