Pentasachme

Pentasachme is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1834.[2][3] It contains only one recognized species, Pentasachme caudatum, native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.[4]

formerly included[1]

Pentasachme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Genus:
Pentasachme

Wall. ex Wight
Binomial name
Pentasachme caudatum
Wall. ex Wight
Synonyms[1]

moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Heterostemma)

  1. P. brachyantha now Cynanchum stauntonii
  2. P. esquirolii now Heterostemma esquirolii
  3. P. glaucescens now Cynanchum glaucescens
  4. P. stauntonii now Cynanchum stauntonii
species of uncertain affinities[1]
  1. Pentasachme fasciculatum (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) M.R.Almeida - India
  2. Pentasachme pulcherrima Grierson & D.G. Long - Bhutan, Nepal
  3. Pentasachme shanense MacGregor & W. W. Smith - Myanmar
  4. Pentasachme wallichii Wight - Himalayas

References
  1. The Plant List, genus Pentasachme
  2. Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 60.
  3. Tropicos, genus Pentasachme
  4. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 262 石萝藦属 shi luo mo shu Pentasachme Wallich ex Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 60. 1834.
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