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Pentarrhinum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Apocynaceae

Genus
  
Pentarrhinum E.Mey.

Order
  
Gentianales

Subfamily
  
Asclepiadoideae

Pentarrhinum

Pentarrhinum is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to Africa.

Species
  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

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

Pentarrhinum Wikipedia


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