Pentagonia (plant)

Pentagonia
Pentagonia macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Condamineeae
Genus: Pentagonia
Benth.
Species

Species include:

and others

Pentagonia is a genus of about 34 species of plants in the Rubiaceae family. Pentagonia species are native to Central America and northern South America, and grow in moist tropical forests below 900m.[1]

References

  1. Cornejo, Xavier (July 2006). "TWO NEW SPECIES OF PENTAGONIA (RUBIACEAE-HIPPOTIDEAE) FROM ECUADOR AND PERU". Harvard Papers in Botany. Harvard University Herbaria. 11 (1): 19–24. doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2006)11[19:tnsopr]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 41761837.


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