Chamaepentas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Knoxieae
Genus: Chamaepentas
Species: C. graniticola – C. greenwayi – C. hindsioides – C. longituba – C. nobilis – C. pseudomagnifica

Name

Chamaepentas Bremek., 1952.

• Typus: C. greenwayi
  Bremek.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pentas subg. Chamaepentadoides Verdc., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 277. 1953.
  • Pentas subg. Megapentas Verdc., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 269. 1953.

References

• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1952. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2. 48(2): 46.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Chamaepentas in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 24. Reference page. 
• Kårehed, J. & Bremer, B. 2007. The systematics of Knoxieae (Rubiaceae) — molecular data and their taxonomic consequences. Taxon 56(4): 1051–1076. DOI: 10.2307/25065904 JSTOR PDF. Reference page.