Pentatropis

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Pentatropis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Pentatropis
R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.
Type species

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

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

  1. P. atropurpurea now
  2. P. kempeana now
  3. P. linearis now Rhyncharrhena linearis
  4. P. officinalis now
  5. P. quinquepartita now
  6. P. spiralis now

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b The Plant List, genus Pentatropis
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