Pentagonia (plant)

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Pentagonia
IMG 5501-Pentagonia macrophylla.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
(unranked):
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Condamineeae
Genus:
Pentagonia

Benth.
Species

Species include:

and others

Pentagonia is a genus of about 34 species of plants in the family Rubiaceae. Pentagonia species are native to Central America and northern South America, and grow in moist tropical forests below 900m.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Cornejo, Xavier (July 2006). "Two New Species of Pentagonia (Rubiaceae-Hippotideae) from Ecuador and Peru". Harvard Papers in Botany. Harvard University Herbaria. 11 (1): 19–24. doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2006)11[19:tnsopr]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 41761837.


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