Pentas Benth.

higherClassification: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Rubiaceae
taxonID 2908974
datasetID 7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b
parentNameUsageID 8798
scientificName Pentas Benth.
scientificNameAuthorship Benth.
canonicalName Pentas
genericName Pentas
taxonRank genus
namePublishedIn Bot. Mag. 70: t. 4086 (1844)
taxonomicStatus accepted
kingdom Plantae
phylum Tracheophyta
class Magnoliopsida
order Gentianales
family Rubiaceae
genus Pentas
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Pentas warburgiana K.Schum. species doubtful

Pentas mombassana Hiern ex Oliv., 1887 species accepted

Pentas caerulea Chiov. species synonym

Vignaldia luteola Schweinf. species synonym

Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers species accepted

Mussaenda aegyptiaca Poir. species synonym

Pseudomussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Wernham species synonym

Neurocarpaea lanceolata (Forssk.) R.Br. species synonym

Pentas herbacea (Hiern) K.Schum. species accepted

Neurocarpaea herbacea Hiern species synonym

Pentas tibestica Quézel species accepted

Pentas arvensis Hiern species accepted

Neurocarpaea arvensis (Hiern) Hiern species synonym

Pentas purpurea Oliv. species accepted

Neurocarpaea purpurea (Oliv.) Hiern species synonym

Pentas zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke species accepted

Pentanisia zanzibarica Klotzsch species synonym

Pentas caffensis Chiov. species accepted

Pentas cleistostoma K.Schum. species accepted

Pentas arvensis var. violacea Hiern ex Scott Elliot variety synonym

Pentas cleistostoma var. poggeana K.Schum. variety synonym

Pentas angustifolia (A.Rich.) Verdc. species accepted

Pentas woodii Scott Elliot species synonym

Pentas transvaalensis Bär species synonym

Pentas carnea var. welwitschii Scott Elliot variety synonym

Sipanea angustifolia A.Rich. species synonym

Pentas nervosa Hepper species accepted

Pentas glabrescens Baker species accepted

Pentas pauciflora Baker species accepted

Otomeria calycina Hiern species synonym

Pentas suswaensis Verdc. species accepted

Pentas lanceolata subsp. longituba Verdc. subspecies synonym

Pentas pubiflora S.Moore species accepted

Pentas pubiflora var. longistyla S.Moore variety synonym

Pentas micrantha Baker species accepted

Pentas purseglovei Verdc. species accepted

Pentas lanceolata var. lanceolata variety synonym

Pentas zanzibarica var. zanzibarica variety synonym

Mussaenda luteola Delile species heterotypic synonym

Pentanisia oncostipula K.Schum. species synonym

Virecta lanceolata (Forssk.) Baill. species synonym

Manettia lanceolata (Forssk.) Vahl species synonym

Ophiorrhiza lanceolata Forssk. species heterotypic synonym

Pentas schimperi Hochst. ex Engl. species accepted

Pentas lanceolata K.Schum. species doubtful

Mussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Spreng. species heterotypic synonym

Pentas pubiflora subsp. pubiflora subspecies synonym

Vignaudia luteola (Delile) Schweinf. species heterotypic synonym

Pentas elatior Benth. species accepted

Pentas occidentalis Benth. & Hook.f. ex Oliv., 1877 species accepted

Neurocarpaea arvensis var. violacea Hiern variety synonym

Neurocarpaea lanceolata (Forssk.) R.Br. ex Hiern species synonym

Pentas arvensis var. violacea Hiern variety homotypic synonym

Pentas schimperi Hochst. species homotypic synonym

Vignaldia schimperi A.Rich., 1848 species doubtful

Pentas mombassana Hiern species homotypic synonym

DataSource GBIF Backbone Taxonomy   2023-08-28