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Pentachlaena

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Pentachlaena
Pentachlaena latifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Sarcolaenaceae
Genus: Pentachlaena
H.Perrier[1]
Species

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Pentachlaena is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the Sarcolaenaceae family, endemic to Madagascar. It was first scientifically described in 1920.[2]

Species

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The genus includes the following species:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Pentachlaena". Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 22 Dec 2016 – via Tropicos.org.
  2. ^ Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1920), "Un nouveau genre de Chlaenacées", Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 26: 668–669
  3. ^ Lowry II, Porter P.; Haevermans, Thomas; Labat, Jean-Noël; Schatz, George E.; Leroy, Jean-François; Wolf, Anne-Elizabeth (Jan 2000). "Endemic families of Madagascar. V. A synoptic revision of Eremolaena, Pentachlaena and Perrierodendron (Sarcolaenaceae)". Adansonia. 3. 22 (1). Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: 11–31. Retrieved 22 Dec 2016.
  4. ^ Andriamihajarivo, Tefy H.; Lowry II, Porter P.; Schatz, George E. (Jun 2016). "Endemic families of Madagascar. XIV. A new restricted range species of Pentachlaena H. Perrier (Sarcolaenaceae) from central Madagascar" (PDF). Candollea. 71 (2). Geneva: Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève: 167–172. doi:10.15553/c2016v712a1. Retrieved 22 Dec 2016.