Petopentia

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Petopentia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Petopentia
Bullock 1954
Species:
P. natalensis
Binomial name
Petopentia natalensis
(Schltr.) Bullock
Synonyms
  • Pentopetia natalensisSchltr.
  • Tacazzea natalensisN.E.Br.
  • Ischnolepis natalensis(Schltr.) Venter

Petopentia, commonly known as propeller vine, is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1954. [1] [2] It contains only one known species, Petopentia natalensis, native to the Province of KwaZulu-Natal in eastern South Africa. [3]

This genus should not be confused with the related genus with a similar name, Pentopetia .

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References

  1. Bullock, Arthur Allman. 1954. Kew Bulletin 1954: 362
  2. Tropicos, genus Petopentia
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).