{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Karoo Bush (Pentzia incana) (31742953344).jpg |image_caption = ''Pentzia incana'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Pentzia |authority = Thunb. |type_species = ''Pentzia crenata'' |type_species_authority = Thunb. |synonyms = * ''Asteringa'' <small>E.Mey. ex DC.</small> * ''Rennera'' {{small|Merxm.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Pentzia'' Thunb. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:10431-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=15 October 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Pentzia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3586552#page/68/mode/1up Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1800. Prodromus plantarum Capensium :quas in promontorio Bonæ Spei Africes, annis 1772-1775 page 145] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004183 Tropicos, ''Pentzia'' Thunb.]</ref> Species are native to southern Africa, Chad, northwestern Africa, Somalia, and the southern Arabian Peninsula.<ref name = powo/> One species ''(P. incana)'' is naturalized in Australia and in the southwestern United States.<ref name=y>{{cite book |series=Flora of North America |title=Asteraceae |volume=19–21 |chapter=''Pentzia'' Thunberg, Prodr. Pl. Cap. 145. 1800 |author=David J. Keil |page=543 |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=124465 |isbn=978-0-19-530563-0}}</ref>
The genus is named for Swedish plant collector Hendrik Christian Pentz (1738–1803).<ref name=y/>
==Species== 31 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| * ''Pentzia arabica'' <small>Thulin</small> * ''Pentzia argentea'' <small>Hutch.</small> * ''Pentzia bolusii'' <small>Hutch.</small> * ''Pentzia calcarea'' <small>Kies</small> * ''Pentzia calva'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''Pentzia cooperi'' <small>Harv.</small> * ''Pentzia dentata'' <small>(L.) Kuntze</small> * ''Pentzia eenii'' {{small|S.Moore}} * ''Pentzia elegans'' <small>DC.</small> * ''Pentzia globosa'' <small>Less.</small> * ''Pentzia hesperidum'' <small>Maire & Wilczek</small> * ''Pentzia incana'' <small>(Thunb.) Kuntze</small> * ''Pentzia lanata'' <small>Hutch.</small> * ''Pentzia laxa'' {{small|Bremek. & Oberm.}} * ''Pentzia limnophila'' <small>(Merxm.) Magee</small> * ''Pentzia monocephala'' <small>S.Moore</small> * ''Pentzia monodiana'' <small>Maire</small> * ''Pentzia nana'' <small>Burch.</small> * ''Pentzia oppositifolia'' {{small|Magee}} * ''Pentzia peduncularis'' <small>B.Nord.</small> * ''Pentzia pinnatisecta'' <small>Hutch.</small> * ''Pentzia punctata'' <small>Harv.</small> * ''Pentzia quinquefida'' <small>(Thunb.) Less.</small> * ''Pentzia somalensis'' <small>E.A.Bruce ex Thulin</small> * ''Pentzia sphaerocephala'' <small>DC.</small> * ''Pentzia spinescens'' <small>Less.</small> * ''Pentzia stellata'' {{small|(P.P.J.Herman) Magee}} * ''Pentzia tomentosa'' <small>B.Nord.</small> * ''Pentzia tortuosa'' <small>(DC.) Fenzl ex Harv.</small> * ''Pentzia trifida'' <small>Schltr. ex Magee & J.C.Manning</small> * ''Pentzia viridis'' <small>Kies</small> }} ===Formerly included=== Several species once considered part of ''Pentzia'' now regarded as better suited to other genera, including ''Foveolina Gymnopentzia Inulanthera Myxopappus Oncosiphon'', and ''Phymaspermum''.<ref name=x>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch |date=2014-11-06}}</ref>
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Category:Pentzia Category:Asteraceae genera Category:Plants described in 1800 Category:Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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