8154.000 Pentas Benth.

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

Zimbabwe: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
angustifolia (A.Rich. ex DC.) Verdc.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
micrantha Baker subsp. wyliei (N.E. Br.) Verdc.	E	Description, Image
nobilis S. Moore	N,C	Description, Image
purpurea Oliv. subsp. mechowiana (K. Schum.) Verdc.	E
purpurea Oliv. subsp. purpurea	C,E,S	Description, Image
zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke subsp. zanzibarica var. haroniensis Verdc.[End]	E

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Flora of Burundi: Pentas
Flora of Malawi: Pentas
Flora of Mozambique: Pentas
Flora of Zambia: Pentas

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pentas
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pentas
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pentas
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pentas
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iNaturalist: Pentas
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pentas
JSTOR Plant Science: Pentas
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pentas
Plants of the World Online: Pentas
Tropicos: Pentas
Wikipedia: Pentas