{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Pentatropis |authority = R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. |type_species = ''Pentatropis microphylla'' |type_species_authority = (Roth ex Schult.) Wight & Arn. 1834 not Wall. 1847 |synonyms = ''Eutropis'' <small>Falc.</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=k/> }}
'''''Pentatropis''''' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1834.<ref name=k>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004062 Tropicos, genus ''Pentatropis'' ]</ref><ref>Wight, Robert & Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 52</ref> It is native to Africa and southern Asia.<ref>Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).</ref><ref>Bullock, A. A. 1955. Notes on African Asclepiadaceae, VI. Kew Bulletin 10: 265–292.</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=124444 Flora of Pakistan, genus ''Pentatropis'' ]</ref>
;Species<ref name=j>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pentatropis The Plant List, genus ''Pentatropis'']</ref> {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''Pentatropis bentii'' <small>(N.E.Br.) Liede</small> - from Arabia to Pakistan # ''Pentatropis capensis'' <small>(L.f.) Bullock</small> - India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan # ''Pentatropis fasciculatus'' <small>(K. Schum.) N.E.Br.</small> - tropical Africa # ''Pentatropis nivalis'' <small>(J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood</small> - southern Africa, Madagascar # ''Pentatropis novo-guineensis'' <small>Valeton</small> - New Guinea # ''Pentatropis oblongifolia'' <small>(Costantin) Liede</small> - Thailand # ''Pentatropis pierrei'' <small>Costantin</small> - Vietnam # ''Pentatropis rigida'' <small>Chiov.</small> - Somalia # ''Pentatropis senegalensis'' <small>Decne.</small> - W Africa}}
;formerly included<ref name=j/> moved to other genera ''(Cynanchum, Daemia, Vincetoxicum)'' {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''P. atropurpurea'' now ''Daemia atropurpurea'' # ''P. kempeana'' now ''Daemia kempeana'' # ''P. linearis'' now ''Vincetoxicum lineare'' # ''P. officinalis'' now ''Cynanchum officinale'' # ''P. quinquepartita'' now ''Daemia quinquepartita'' # ''P. spiralis'' now ''Vincetoxicum spirale'' }}
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Category:Asclepiadoideae Category:Apocynaceae genera