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8154.000 Pentas
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules divided into filiform segments. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-5. Flowers bisexual, mono-, di- or (rarely) tri-morphic, mostly in branched terminal cymose inflorescences. Calyx lobes usually 5, either equal or unequal with 1-3 larger than the others, sometimes leaf-like. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule ovoid or obtriangular, ribbed, beaked, opening at apex. Seeds minute. Worldwide: 34 species from Africa to Arabia and Madagascar |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| angustifolia (A.Rich. ex DC.) Verdc. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| micrantha Baker subsp. wyliei (N.E. Br.) Verdc. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| nobilis S. Moore | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C | Description, Image |
| purpurea Oliv. subsp. mechowiana (K. Schum.) Verdc. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| purpurea Oliv. subsp. purpurea | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E,S | Description, Image |
| zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke subsp. zanzibarica var. haroniensis Verdc.[End] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E |
Other sources of information about Pentas:
Flora of Mozambique: PentasePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pentas
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pentas
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pentas
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pentas
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pentas
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