Pentas lanceolata

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: Pentas
Sectio: P. sect. Pentas
Species: Pentas lanceolata
Varietas: P. l. var. alba – P. l. var. angustifolia – P. l. var. lanceolata – P. l. var. leucaster – P. l. var. nemorosa – P. l. var. oncostipula – P. l. var. quartiniana – P. l. var. usambarica

Name

Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers, 1889.

Typus: YEMEN: Hadie Mountains, s.d., Forsskal s.n. (holotypus: C; isotypus: BM).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Ophiorrhiza lanceolata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 42. 1775.

Homotypic
- Manettia lanceolata (Forssk.) Vahl, Symb. Bot. (Vahl) 1: 12. 1790.
- Mussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) (Sprengel) 1: 705. 1824, comb. illeg. non Lam. (1797).
- Neurocarpaea lanceolata (Forssk.) R.Br., in Salt, Abyss. App. 64. 1814.
- Pseudomussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Wernham, J. Bot. 54: 298. 1916.
- Virecta lanceolata (Forssk.) Baill., Hist. Pl. (Baillon) 7: 380. 1880.

References

Deflers, A. 1889. Voyage au Yemen 142.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pentas lanceolata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Egyptian Starcluster
magyar: Lándzsás tenyérvirág, egyiptomi csillagcsokor
Türkçe: Beşiz Çiçeği (Pentas, Mısır Yıldızı, Yıldız Çiçeği)

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