Pentachlaena

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

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

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Species

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

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.


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