Pentasacme
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| Genus: | Pentasachme Wall. ex Wight
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| Pentasachme caudatum Wall. ex Wight
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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
- ^ a b c 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.