Pentacyphus

Life-forms

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
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. Reference page.
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. Reference page.

Pentacyphus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1906.[1][2][3] It is native to South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela).[1][4][5][6][7]
Species

As of November 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted three species:[1]

Pentacyphus andinus (Ball) Liede – Bolivia, Peru
Pentacyphus camargoi (Morillo) Meve & Liede – Colombia
Pentacyphus lehmannii (Schltr.) Liede – Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

Formerly included

Pentacyphus tamanus (Morillo) Liede, synonym of Pentacyphus lehmannii subsp. tamanus
References
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"Pentacyphus Schltr." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
Tropicos, genus Pentacyphus
Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1906. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 37: 605–606 in Latin with short commentaries in German
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
Morillo, G. 1994. Fontellaea, gen. nov., y otras novedades o aportaciones en Asclepiadaceae andinas. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 52(1): 33–41
Morillo, G. 1993. Asclepiadaceae andinas nuevas o interesantes. Acta Botanica Venezuelica 16(2/4): 55–71.
Holm, R. W. 1950. The American species of Sarcostemma R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 37(4): 477–560