Pentasacme

Pentasacme
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus:
Wall. ex Wight (1834)
Synonyms[1]

Spiladocorys Ridl. (1893)

Pentasacme, sometimes spelled Pentasachme, is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It contains six species which range from the Himalayas through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia.[1] The genus was first described in 1834.[2][3]

Species

  • Pentasacme caudatum Wall. ex Wight – Nepal through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia
  • Pentasacme malipoense C.Liu & Y.H.Tan – China (Yunnan)
  • Pentasacme pulcherrima Grierson & D.G.Long – Nepal and southern Bhutan
  • Pentasacme shanense R.W.MacGregor & W.W.Sm. – Myanmar
  • Pentasacme tubulosum C.Liu, X.J.Hu & Y.H.Tan – China (Yunnan)
  • Pentasacme wallichii Wight – Himalayas to Bangladesh

Formerly included

moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Heterostemma):[4]

  • P. brachyantha now Cynanchum stauntonii
  • P. esquirolii now Heterostemma esquirolii
  • P. glaucescens now Cynanchum glaucescens
  • P. stauntonii now Cynanchum stauntonii

References

  1. ^ a b Pentasacme Wall. ex Wight. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 60.
  3. ^ Tropicos, genus Pentasachme
  4. ^ The Plant List, genus Pentasachme