Pentastemona

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Stemonaceae
Genus: Pentastemona
Species: P. egregia – P. sumatrana
Name

Pentastemona Steenis, Blumea 28: 160 (1982)

Type species: Pentastemona sumatrana Steenis, Blumea 28: 161 (1982)

References

Steenis, C.G.G.J. van 1982. Blumea 28(1): 160.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Pentastemona in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Pentastemona in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Pentastemona. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Pentastemona. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 26.

Pentastemona is a genus in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1982.[1][2] In 1992, Duyfjes placed the genus in its own family, the Pentastemonaceae, but this is not widely accepted.[3][4]

The entire genus is endemic to the Island of Sumatra in, Indonesia.[5]

Species[5]

Pentastemona egregia (Schott) Steenis
Pentastemona sumatrana Steenis

References

Steenis, Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van. 1982. Blumea 28: 160-162
Tropicos, Pentastemona Steenis
Duyfjes-de Wilde, Brigitta Emma Elisabeth. 1992. Blumea 36: 552
Tropicos, Pentastemonaceae Duyfjes
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families