Biology:Pentarrhinum
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Pentarrhinum | |
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| Pentarrhinum insipidum Groenkloof Nature Reserve in South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 E.Mey.
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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]
- Pentarrhinum abyssinicum Decne. - E + C + S Africa
- Pentarrhinum balense (Liede) Liede - Ethiopia
- Pentarrhinum coriaceum Schltr. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Pentarrhinum gonoloboides (Schltr.) Liede - Tanzania
- Pentarrhinum insipidum E.Mey. - South Africa
- Pentarrhinum ledermannii (Schltr.) Goyder & Liede - Burundi
- Pentarrhinum somaliense (N.E. Br.) Liede - Somalia
- formerly included[4]
moved to other genera (Pentatropis, Vincetoxicum)
- Pentarrhinum fasciculatum K.Schum., synonym of Pentatropis nivalis (J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood
- Pentarrhinum iringense Markgr., synonym of Vincetoxicum iringensis (Markgr.) Goyder
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References
- ↑ Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 199–200. in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, genus Pentarrhinum
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Plant List, genus Pentarrhinum
Wikidata ☰ Q6071479 entry
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