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Genus: Pentas Life
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
About
34 species, native to Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Madagascar, with five
species native to southern Africa and a further three species that are cultivated in
the region.
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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Pentas angustifolia
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Pentas micrantha |
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Pentas nobilis
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Pentas purpurea
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Pentas zanzibarica
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002)
Pentas bussei
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Pentas lanceolata
Native from tropical Africa to Arabia. |
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Pentas longiflora
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Verdcourt, B. 1953. A revision of certain
African genera of herbaceous Rubiaceae V - a revision of the genus Pentas
Bentham together with a key to related genera. Bulletin du Jardin
Botanique de l'Etat, à Bruxelles 23: 237-371.
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Verdcourt, B. 1989. Rubiaceae. Flora
Zambesiaca 5,1: 1-210.
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