Pentarrhinum

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. Pentarrhinum abyssinicum Decne. - E + C + S Africa
  2. Pentarrhinum balense (Liede) Liede - Ethiopia
  3. Pentarrhinum coriaceum Schltr. - KwaZulu-Natal
  4. Pentarrhinum gonoloboides (Schltr.) Liede - Tanzania
  5. Pentarrhinum insipidum E.Mey. - South Africa
  6. Pentarrhinum ledermannii (Schltr.) Goyder & Liede - Burundi
  7. Pentarrhinum somaliense (N.E. Br.) Liede - Somalia
formerly included[4]

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

moved to other genera (Pentatropis, Tylophora)

  1. Pentarrhinum fasciculatum K.Schum., synonym of Pentatropis nivalis (J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood
  2. Pentarrhinum iringense Markgr., synonym of Tylophora iringensis (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. The Plant List, genus Pentarrhinum
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