Magnoliopsida
Pentas Benth.
EOL Text
Habit: Herb
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Pentas lanceolata, commonly known as Egyptian Starcluster,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the madder family, Rubiaceae that is native to much of Africa as well as Yemen.[3] It is known for its wide use as a garden plant where it often accompanies butterfly gardens.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "EOL Pentas Lanceolata". Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ "Pentas lanceolata on the British Database of World Flora and Fauna". Retrieved 2008-09-15.
- ^ "Taxon: Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "Pentas lanceolata Floridata". Retrieved 2008-09-15.
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Perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules divided into filiform segments. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-5. Flowers bisexual, mono-, di- or (rarely) tri-morphic, mostly in branched terminal cymose inflorescences. Calyx lobes usually 5, either equal or unequal with 1-3 larger than the others, sometimes leaf-like. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule ovoid or obtriangular, ribbed, beaked, opening at apex. Seeds minute.
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Isotype for Pentas austroorientalis Homolle & Verdcourt
Catalog Number: US 1528697
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. Humbert
Year Collected: 1928
Locality: Massif du Beampingaratra, Valley of Maloto., Madagascar, Africa
Elevation (m): 600 to 800
- Isotype: Homolle, A. M. & Verdcourt, B. 1953. Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat. 23: 261.
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