Pentasachme

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Leptadeniinae
Genus: Pentasachme
Species: P. caudatum – P. pulcherrima – P. shanense – P. wallichii
Name

Pentasachme Wall. ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 60 (1834)

Type species: Pentasachme caudatum Wall. ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 60 (1834)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Spiladocorys Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 322 (1893)

References

Wallich, N. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 60.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Pentasachme in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Pentasachme. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Pentasachme. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22.

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

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.