Pentopetia

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Pentopetia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Pentopetia
Decne.
Type species
Pentopetia androsaemifolia
Decne.

Pentopetia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The genus should not be confused with the related genus with a similar name, Petopentia.

Species [6]

all are endemic to Madagascar

  1. Pentopetia androsaemifolia Decne.
  2. Pentopetia bidens Jum. & H.Perrier
  3. Pentopetia boivinii Costantin & Gallaud
  4. Pentopetia cotoneaster Decne.
  5. Pentopetia dasynema Choux
  6. Pentopetia elastica Jum. & H.Perrier
  7. Pentopetia glaberrima Choux
  8. Pentopetia grevei (Baill.) Venter
  9. Pentopetia lutea Klack. & Civeyrel
  10. Pentopetia mollis Jum. & H. Perrier
  11. Pentopetia ovalifolia (Costantin & Gallaud) Klack.
  12. Pentopetia pinnata Costantin & Gallaud
Formerly included [6]

Moved to other genera (Cryptolepis, Ischnolepis, Petopentia, Secamone)

  1. P. albicans now Cryptolepis albicans
  2. P. graminifolia now Ischnolepis graminifolia
  3. P. linearifolia now Secamone geayi
  4. P. natalensis now Petopentia natalensis

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  2. Periploca calophylla(Wight) Falc. - S China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, E Himalayas, Vietnam
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  4. Periploca chrysanthaD.S. Yao, X.D. Chen & J.W. Ren - Gansu Province in China
  5. Periploca floribundaTsiang - Yunnan, Vietnam
  6. Periploca forrestiiSchltr. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal
  7. Periploca graecaL. - Mediterranean
  8. Periploca hydaspidisFalc. - Kashmir
  9. Periploca laevigataAiton - Canary Islands, Savage Islands
  10. Periploca linearifoliaQuart.-Dill. & A. Rich - Ethiopia
  11. Periploca nigrescensAfzel. - W Africa
  12. Periploca refractifoliaGilli - Tanzania
  13. Periploca sepiumBunge - widespread across much of China
  14. Periploca tsiangiiD. Fang & H.Z. Ling - Guangxi Province in China
  15. Periploca visciformis(Vatke) K. Schum. - Somalia
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<i>Leptadenia</i> Genus of plants

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  1. Leptadenia arborea(Forssk.) Schweinf. - Sudan, Ethiopia
  2. Leptadenia lancifolia(Schumach. & Thonn.) Decne. - tropical Africa
  3. Leptadenia madagascariensisDecne. - Madagascar
  4. Leptadenia pyrotechnica(Forssk.) Decne. - widespread from Algeria to India
  5. Leptadenia reticulata(Retz.) Wight & Arn. - Madagascar

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

Ischnolepis is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1909. It contains only one known recognized species, Ischnolepis graminifolia, endemic to Madagascar.

<i>Tacazzea</i> Genus of plants

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Pervillaea is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to Mauritius and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

  1. Pervillaea brevirostrisKlack. - Mauritius
  2. Pervillaea decaryi(Choux) Klack. - Madagascar
  3. Pervillaea phillipsoniiKlack. - Madagascar
  4. Pervillaea tomentosaDecne. - Madagascar
  5. Pervillaea venenata(Baill.) Klack. - Madagascar

Calyptranthera is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1996. The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

Baroniella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.

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References

  1. ↑ Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 500 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos, genus Pentopetia
  3. ↑ Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z.S. Rogers, C.M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden.
  4. ↑ Venter, H. J. T. & R. L. Verhoeven. 1997. A tribal classification of the Periplocoideae (Apocynaceae). Taxon 46: 705–720.
  5. ↑ Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadaceae 1(9): 5–24.
  6. 1 2 The Plant List
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