Pentacyphus

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: Pentacyphinae
Genus: Pentacyphus
Species: P. andinus – P. camargoi – P. lehmannii

Name

Pentacyphus Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 605 (1906)

• Type species: Pentacyphus andinus (Ball) Liede, Syst. Bot. 21: 43 (1996) originally designated as synonym Pentacyphus boliviensis Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 606 (1906)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Tetraphysa Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 616 (1906)

References

• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1906. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 37: 605–606.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Pentacyphus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Pentacyphus. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 14 2017.
• Meve, U. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2015. Taxonomy of the Andean genus Pentacyphus (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadeae–Pentacyphinae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 301(3): 997–1004. DOI: 10.1007/s0060 Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Pentacyphus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Sept. 2017.