Pentagonia (plant)
Pentagonia | |
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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
- ↑ 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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