Pentastemona

Pentastemona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Stemonaceae
Genus: Pentastemona
Steenis

Pentastemona is a genus in the family Stemonaceae, described as a genus in 1982.[1][2] In 1992, Duyfjes placed the genus in its own family, the Pentastemonaceae, but this is not widely accepted.[3][4]

The entire genus is endemic to the Island of Sumatra in Indonesia.[5]

Species[5]
  1. Pentastemona egregia (Schott) Steenis
  2. Pentastemona sumatrana Steenis

References

  1. ↑ Steenis, Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van. 1982. Blumea 28: 160-162
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Pentastemona Steenis
  3. ↑ Duyfjes-de Wilde, Brigitta Emma Elisabeth. 1992. Blumea 36: 552
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Pentastemonaceae Duyfjes
  5. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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