Pentachlaena

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Pentachlaena
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Pentachlaena latifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Sarcolaenaceae
Genus: Pentachlaena
H.Perrier [1]
Species

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Pentachlaena is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the Sarcolaenaceae family, endemic to Madagascar. It was first scientifically described in 1920. [2]

Species

The genus includes the following species: [3] [4]

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Eremolaena is a genus of flowering plant in the Sarcolaenaceae family, endemic to Madagascar. The genus has three species, all native to the country's humid east coast.

Rhodolaena is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Sarcolaenaceae. The species are all endemic to Madagascar. The monophyly of the genus is unresolved.

Rhodolaena leroyana is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet is for the botanist Jean-François Leroy.

Rhodolaena macrocarpa is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet macrocarpa is from the Latin meaning "large-fruited".

Schizolaena capuronii is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet is for the French botanist René Capuron.

Schizolaena gereaui is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet is for the botanist Roy Emile Gereau.

Schizolaena masoalensis is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet refers to the Masoala peninsula where the species is found.

Schizolaena microphylla is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet microphylla is from the Latin meaning "small leaves".

Eremolaena humblotiana is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. It is named for the French naturalist Léon Humblot.

Eremolaena rotundifolia is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet rotundifolia is from the Latin meaning "round leaves".

Schizolaena turkii is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is named for the botanist Daniel Turk.

Schizolaena viscosa is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Pentachlaena betamponensis is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is named for the Betampona Reserve where the species is found.

<i>Pentachlaena latifolia</i> Species of flowering plant

Pentachlaena latifolia is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet latifolia is from the Latin meaning "broad-leaved".

Pentachlaena orientalis is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Perrierodendron is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Sarcolaenaceae. They are endemic to Madagascar.

Perrierodendron capuronii is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet is for the French botanist René Capuron.

Perrierodendron occidentale is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Perrierodendron quartzitorum is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Perrierodendron rodoense is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet rodoense is for the Irodo River, where the species was studied.

References

  1. "Pentachlaena". Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved 22 Dec 2016 via Tropicos.org.
  2. Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1920), "Un nouveau genre de Chlaenacées", Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 26: 668–669
  3. Lowry II, Porter P.; Haevermans, Thomas; Labat, Jean-Noël; Schatz, George E.; Leroy, Jean-François; Wolf, Anne-Elizabeth (Jan 2000). "Endemic families of Madagascar. V. A synoptic revision of Eremolaena, Pentachlaena and Perrierodendron (Sarcolaenaceae)". Adansonia. 3. Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 22 (1): 11–31. Retrieved 22 Dec 2016.
  4. Andriamihajarivo, Tefy H.; Lowry II, Porter P.; Schatz, George E. (Jun 2016). "Endemic families of Madagascar. XIV. A new restricted range species of Pentachlaena H. Perrier (Sarcolaenaceae) from central Madagascar" (PDF). Candollea. Geneva: Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève. 71 (2): 167–172. doi:10.15553/c2016v712a1 . Retrieved 22 Dec 2016.