Pentacyphus

Pentacyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Asclepiadeae
Genus:	Pentacyphus Schltr.
Type species
Pentacyphus boliviensis (syn. of P. andinus) Schltr.
Synonyms[1]
Tetraphysa Schltr.

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^[update], 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

1. "Pentacyphus Schltr." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
2. Tropicos, genus Pentacyphus
3. Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1906. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 37: 605–606 in Latin with short commentaries in German
4. 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
5. Morillo, G. 1994. Fontellaea, gen. nov., y otras novedades o aportaciones en Asclepiadaceae andinas. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 52(1): 33–41
6. Morillo, G. 1993. Asclepiadaceae andinas nuevas o interesantes. Acta Botanica Venezuelica 16(2/4): 55–71.
7. Holm, R. W. 1950. The American species of Sarcostemma R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 37(4): 477–560