Pentabrachion

Pentabrachion is a plant genus from the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1864.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Pentabrachion reticulatum, native to tropical Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo).[1][4][5]

Pentabrachion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Bridelieae
Subtribe: Pseudolachnostylidinae
Genus: Pentabrachion
Müll.Arg.
Species:
P. reticulatum
Binomial name
Pentabrachion reticulatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Actephila reticulata (Müll.Arg.) Pax
  • Amanoa laurifolia Pax
  • Actephila africana Pax

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1864. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 47: 532-533 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Pentabrachion Müll. Arg.
  4. Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  5. Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris


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