Pentasachme

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Pentasachme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Genus:
Pentasachme

Wall. ex Wight
Binomial name
Pentasachme caudatum
Wall. ex Wight
Synonyms[1]
  • Pentasachme championii Benth.

Pentasachme is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1834.[2][3] It contains only one recognized species, Pentasachme caudatum, native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.[4]

formerly included[1]

moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Heterostemma)

  1. P. brachyantha now
  2. P. esquirolii now
  3. P. glaucescens now
  4. P. stauntonii now
species of uncertain affinities[1]
  1. (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) M.R.Almeida - India
  2. Grierson & D.G. Long - Bhutan, Nepal
  3. MacGregor & W. W. Smith - Myanmar
  4. Wight - Himalayas

References[]

  1. ^ a b c The Plant List, genus Pentasachme
  2. ^ Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 60.
  3. ^ Tropicos, genus Pentasachme
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 262 石萝藦属 shi luo mo shu Pentasachme Wallich ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 60. 1834.
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