Pentatropis nivalis

Pentatropis nivalis

Pentatropis nivalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Tylophorinae
Genus: Pentatropis
Species: Pentatropis nivalis

Name

Pentatropis nivalis (J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood, 1983

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asclepias forsskalii Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 6: 85 (1820), nom. superfl.
  • Asclepias nivalis J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 444 (1791)
  • Asclepias nivea Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 51 (1775), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Oxystelma caudatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 8213 D (1847), nom. nud.
  • Pentarrhinum fasciculatum K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 323 (1895)
  • Pentatropis cynanchoides R.Br. ex N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: 380 (1902), nom. superfl.
  • Pentatropis cynanchoides var. senegalensis (Decne.) N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: 381 (1902)
  • Pentatropis fasciculata (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 381 (1902)
  • Pentatropis hoyoides K.Schum. in Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 40 (1897)
  • Pentatropis madagascariensis Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 536 (1844)
  • Pentatropis nivalis subsp. madagascariensis (Decne.) Liede & Meve in Adansonia, sér. 3, 23: 348 (2001)
  • Pentatropis rigida Chiov. in Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 114 (1916)
  • Pentatropis senegalensis Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 9: 328 (1838)
  • Pentatropis spiralis var. longipetiolata Engl. in Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 343 (1892)
  • Strobopetalum carnosum N.E.Br. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 390 (1894)
  • Tylophora cirrosa Asch. in G.A.Schweinfurth & al., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 132 (1867)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, Pakistan Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Regional: Indian Subcontinent India Regional: Western Asia Iran, Palestine, Sinai Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Burkina, Guinea, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Regional: Central Africa Chad, Mali Regional: Eastern Africa Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: Northern Africa Egypt References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Field, D.V. & Wood, J.R.I., 1983. Kew Bulletin 38: 215

Additional references

• Goyder, S., Harris, T., Masinde, S., Meve, U. & Venter, J. (2012). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Apocynaceae(2): 1-530.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pentatropis nivalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Pentatropis nivalis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pentatropis nivalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Nov. 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pentatropis nivalis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 28 2022.

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