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Genus: Pentanisia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales >  Family: Rubiaceae

The 15 species are found in tropical Africa, with 3 of them occurring in southern Africa.

Publications

  • 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.

  • Verdcourt, B. 1976. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 1): 1-414.

  • Verdcourt, B. 1989. Rubiaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 5,1: 1-210.

 

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