Pentasacme

Pentasacme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Pentasacme Wall. ex Wight (1834)
Synonyms[1]
Spiladocorys Ridl. (1893)

Pentasacme, sometimes spelled Pentasachme, is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It contains six species which range from the Himalayas through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia.^[1] The genus was first described in 1834.^[2][3]

Species

• Pentasacme caudatum Wall. ex Wight – Nepal through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia
• Pentasacme malipoense C.Liu & Y.H.Tan – China (Yunnan)
• Pentasacme pulcherrima Grierson & D.G.Long – Nepal and southern Bhutan
• Pentasacme shanense R.W.MacGregor & W.W.Sm. – Myanmar
• Pentasacme tubulosum C.Liu, X.J.Hu & Y.H.Tan – China (Yunnan)
• Pentasacme wallichii Wight – Himalayas to Bangladesh

Formerly included

moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Heterostemma):^[4]

• P. brachyantha now Cynanchum stauntonii
• P. esquirolii now Heterostemma esquirolii
• P. glaucescens now Cynanchum glaucescens
• P. stauntonii now Cynanchum stauntonii

References

1. Pentasacme Wall. ex Wight. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
2. Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 60.
3. Tropicos, genus Pentasachme
4. The Plant List, genus Pentasachme