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Genus of plants

Pentacyphus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Pentacyphus
Schltr.
Type species
Pentacyphus boliviensis (syn. of P. andinus)
Schltr.
Synonyms
  • Tetraphysa Schltr.

Pentacyphus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It is native to South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela).

Species

As of November 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted three species:

Formerly included

Pentacyphus tamanus (Morillo) Liede, synonym of Pentacyphus lehmannii subsp. tamanus

References

  1. ^ "Pentacyphus Schltr." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  2. Tropicos, genus Pentacyphus
  3. Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1906. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 37: 605–606 in Latin with short commentaries in German
  4. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
  5. Morillo, G. 1994. Fontellaea, gen. nov., y otras novedades o aportaciones en Asclepiadaceae andinas. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 52(1): 33–41
  6. Morillo, G. 1993. Asclepiadaceae andinas nuevas o interesantes. Acta Botanica Venezuelica 16(2/4): 55–71.
  7. Holm, R. W. 1950. The American species of Sarcostemma R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 37(4): 477–560
Taxon identifiers
Pentacyphus
Tetraphysa


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