Pentatropis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
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.

Pentatropis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1834.[1][2] It is native to Africa and southern Asia.[3][4][5]

Species[6]

Pentatropis bentii (N.E.Br.) Liede - from Arabia to Pakistan
Pentatropis capensis (L.f.) Bullock - India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Pentatropis fasciculatus (K. Schum.) N.E.Br. - tropical Africa
Pentatropis nivalis (J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood - southern Africa, Madagascar
Pentatropis novo-guineensis Valeton - New Guinea
Pentatropis oblongifolia (Costantin) Liede - Thailand
Pentatropis pierrei Costantin - Vietnam
Pentatropis rigida Chiov. - Somalia
Pentatropis senegalensis Decne. - W Africa

formerly included[6]

moved to other genera (Blyttia, Cynanchum, Daemia, Rhyncharrhena)

P. atropurpurea now Daemia atropurpurea
P. kempeana now Daemia kempeana
P. linearis now Rhyncharrhena linearis
P. officinalis now Cynanchum officinale
P. quinquepartita now Daemia quinquepartita
P. spiralis now Blyttia spiralis Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pentatropis.

References

Tropicos, genus Pentatropis
Wight, Robert & Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 52
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
Bullock, A. A. 1955. Notes on African Asclepiadaceae, VI. Kew Bulletin 10: 265–292.
Flora of Pakistan, genus Pentatropis
The Plant List, genus Pentatropis