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Pentopetia
Sign in to savePentopetia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 71
- With media
- 42
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- MO
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
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Pentopetia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.
The genus should not be confused with the related genus with a similar name, Petopentia. Species all are endemic to Madagascar Formerly included Moved to other genera (Cryptolepis, Ischnolepis, Secamone) P. albicans now Cryptolepis albicans P. graminifolia now Ischnolepis graminifolia P. linearifolia now Secamone geayi P. natalensis now Ischnolepis natalensis
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pentopetia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.