Pentasachme
| Pentasachme | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Pentasachme Wall. ex Wight |
| Binomial name | |
| Pentasachme caudatum Wall. ex Wight | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pentasachme is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1834.[2][3] It contains only one recognized species, Pentasachme caudatum, native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.[4]
- formerly included[1]
moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Heterostemma)
- P. brachyantha now Cynanchum stauntonii
- P. esquirolii now Heterostemma esquirolii
- P. glaucescens now Cynanchum glaucescens
- P. stauntonii now Cynanchum stauntonii
- species of uncertain affinities[1]
- Pentasachme fasciculatum (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) M.R.Almeida - India
- Pentasachme pulcherrima Grierson & D.G. Long - Bhutan, Nepal
- Pentasachme shanense MacGregor & W. W. Smith - Myanmar
- Pentasachme wallichii Wight - Himalayas
References
- 1 2 3 The Plant List, genus Pentasachme
- ↑ Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 60.
- ↑ Tropicos, genus Pentasachme
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 262 石萝藦属 shi luo mo shu Pentasachme Wallich ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 60. 1834.
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