Pentalinon

Pentalinon
Pentalinon luteum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Echiteae
Genus: Pentalinon
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Synonyms[1]
  • Chariomma Miers
  • Urechites Müll.Arg.

Pentalinon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1845. It is native to the West Indies, Central America, Mexico, and Florida.[1]

Species[1]
  • Pentalinon andrieuxii (Müll.Arg.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin - Hidalgo, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
  • Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, islands of western Caribbean, S Florida

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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