Petopentia
| Petopentia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Petopentia Bullock 1954 |
| Binomial name | |
| Petopentia natalensis (Wall. ex Wight) Hook.f. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Petopentia is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1954.[1][2] It contains only one known species, Petopentia natalensis, native to the Province of KwaZulu-Natal in eastern South Africa.[3]
This genus should not be confused with the related genus with a similar name, Pentopetia.
References
- ↑ Bullock, Arthur Allman. 1954. Kew Bulletin 1954: 362
- ↑ Tropicos, genus Petopentia
- ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
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