Pentatropis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Tylophorinae
Genus: Pentatropis
Species: P. bentii – P. capensis – P. nivalis – P. pierrei

Name

Pentatropis R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 52 (1834)

• Type species: Pentatropis capensis (L.f.) Bullock, Kew Bull. 10: 284 (1955) originally designated as synonym Pentatropis microphylla (Roth ex Schult.) Wight & Arn. in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 52 (1834)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Colostephanus Harv., Gen. S. Afr. Pl.: 417 (1838)
  • Eutropis Falc., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 15 (1839)
  • Strobopetalum N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 335 (1894)

References

• Brown, R. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 52.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Pentatropis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Pentatropis. Published online. Accessed Nov. 26 2017.