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Pentasacme
Sign in to savePentasacme, sometimes spelled Pentasachme, is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It contains six species which range from the Himalayas through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. The genus was first described in 1834.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- MO, MICH, BRIT, CM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, India, China, Thailand, Asia
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Pentasacme, sometimes spelled Pentasachme, is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It contains six species which range from the Himalayas through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. The genus was first described in 1834.
==Species== Pentasacme caudatum – Nepal through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia Pentasacme malipoense – China (Yunnan) Pentasacme pulcherrima – Nepal and southern Bhutan Pentasacme shanense – Myanmar Pentasacme tubulosum – China (Yunnan) Pentasacme wallichii – Himalayas to Bangladesh
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pentasacme” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.