Pentas lanceolata

Life-forms

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

Pentas lanceolata, commonly known as Egyptian starcluster,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the madder family, Rubiaceae that is native to much of Africa as well as Yemen.[3] It is known for its wide use as a garden plant where it often accompanies butterfly gardens.[4]

References

"EOL Pentas Lanceolata". Retrieved 2009-05-23.
"Pentas lanceolata on the British Database of World Flora and Fauna". Retrieved 2008-09-15.
"Pentas lanceolata". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2012-12-02.
"Pentas lanceolata Floridata". Retrieved 2008-09-15.