# Pentatropis

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|taxon = Pentatropis
|authority = R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.
|type_species = ''[Pentatropis microphylla](/source/Pentatropis_microphylla)''
|type_species_authority = (Roth ex Schult.) Wight & Arn. 1834 not Wall. 1847
|synonyms = ''Eutropis'' <small>Falc.</small>
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'''''Pentatropis'''''  is a genus of plants in the family [Apocynaceae](/source/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](/source/Africa) and southern [Asia](/source/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>
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# ''[Pentatropis bentii](/source/Pentatropis_bentii)'' <small>(N.E.Br.) Liede</small> -  from Arabia to Pakistan
# ''[Pentatropis capensis](/source/Pentatropis_capensis)'' <small>(L.f.) Bullock</small> - India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
# ''[Pentatropis fasciculatus](/source/Pentatropis_fasciculatus)'' <small>(K. Schum.) N.E.Br.</small> - tropical Africa
# ''[Pentatropis nivalis](/source/Pentatropis_nivalis)'' <small>(J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood</small> - southern Africa, Madagascar
# ''[Pentatropis novo-guineensis](/source/Pentatropis_novo-guineensis)'' <small>Valeton</small> - New Guinea
# ''[Pentatropis oblongifolia](/source/Pentatropis_oblongifolia)'' <small>(Costantin) Liede</small> - Thailand
# ''[Pentatropis pierrei](/source/Pentatropis_pierrei)'' <small>Costantin</small> - Vietnam
# ''[Pentatropis rigida](/source/Pentatropis_rigida)'' <small>Chiov.</small> - Somalia
# ''[Pentatropis senegalensis](/source/Pentatropis_senegalensis)'' <small>Decne.</small> - W Africa}}

;formerly included<ref name=j/>
moved to other genera ''([Cynanchum](/source/Cynanchum), [Daemia](/source/Daemia), [Vincetoxicum](/source/Vincetoxicum))''
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# ''P. atropurpurea'' now  ''[Daemia atropurpurea](/source/Daemia_atropurpurea)'' 
# ''P. kempeana'' now  ''[Daemia kempeana](/source/Daemia_kempeana)'' 
# ''P. linearis'' now  ''[Vincetoxicum lineare](/source/Vincetoxicum_lineare)'' 
# ''P. officinalis'' now  ''[Cynanchum officinale](/source/Cynanchum_officinale)'' 
# ''P. quinquepartita'' now  ''[Daemia quinquepartita](/source/Daemia_quinquepartita)''
# ''P. spiralis'' now  ''[Vincetoxicum spirale](/source/Vincetoxicum_spirale)'' }}

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Category:Asclepiadoideae
Category:Apocynaceae genera

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