Pentacyphus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Pentacyphus
Schltr.
Type species
Pentacyphus boliviensis (syn. of P. andinus)
Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Tetraphysa Schltr.

Pentacyphus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1906.[1][2][3] It is native to South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela).[1][4][5][6][7]

Species

As of November 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted three species:[1]

  • Pentacyphus andinus (Ball) Liede – Bolivia, Peru
  • Pentacyphus camargoi (Morillo) Meve & Liede – Colombia
  • Pentacyphus lehmannii (Schltr.) Liede – Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Formerly included

Pentacyphus tamanus (Morillo) Liede, synonym of Pentacyphus lehmannii subsp. tamanus

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Pentacyphus Schltr." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, genus Pentacyphus
  3. ↑ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1906. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 37: 605–606 in Latin with short commentaries in German
  4. ↑ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
  5. ↑ Morillo, G. 1994. Fontellaea, gen. nov., y otras novedades o aportaciones en Asclepiadaceae andinas. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 52(1): 33–41
  6. ↑ Morillo, G. 1993. Asclepiadaceae andinas nuevas o interesantes. Acta Botanica Venezuelica 16(2/4): 55–71.
  7. ↑ Holm, R. W. 1950. The American species of Sarcostemma R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 37(4): 477–560


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