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Genus: Pentanisia
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
Fifteen species, native to tropical Africa, with four species native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Pentanisia angustifolia
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Pentanisia prunelloides |
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Pentanisia schweinfurthii
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique - see
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Pentanisia sykesii
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Publications
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Verdcourt, B. 1952. A revision of certain
African genera of herbaceous Rubiaceae 1 - the genus Pentanisia
Harvey. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'Etat, à Bruxelles 22:
233-286.
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Verdcourt, B. 1976. Flora of Tropical East
Africa. Rubiaceae (part 1): 1-414.
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Verdcourt, B. 1989. Rubiaceae. Flora
Zambesiaca 5,1: 1-210.
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