Pentarrhinum

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Pentarrhinum
Pentarrhinum insipidum, loof en blomme, c, Groenkloof NR.jpg

Groenkloof Nature Reserve
in South Africa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Pentarrhinum
E.Mey.
Type species

E.Mey.

Pentarrhinum is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838.[1][2] It is native to Africa.[3]

Species[4]
  1. Decne. - E + C + S Africa
  2. (Liede) Liede - Ethiopia
  3. Schltr. - KwaZulu-Natal
  4. (Schltr.) Liede - Tanzania
  5. E.Mey. - South Africa
  6. (Schltr.) Goyder & Liede - Burundi
  7. (N.E. Br.) Liede - Somalia
formerly included[4]

moved to other genera (Pentatropis, Tylophora)

  1. Pentarrhinum fasciculatum K.Schum., synonym of (J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood
  2. Pentarrhinum iringense Markgr., synonym of (Markgr.) Goyder

References[]

  1. ^ Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 199–200. in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, genus Pentarrhinum
  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. ^ a b The Plant List, genus Pentarrhinum
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