Pentasacme Wall. ex Wight

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, erect, often growing in or near flowing water. Leaves opposite, narrow. Cymes racemelike or umbel-like. Pedicel threadlike. Calyx with basal glands. Corolla rotate or subcampanulate; tube short; lobes narrow, longer than tube, twisted to right. Corona lobes 5, inserted on corolla tube, apical appendages denticulate or lobed. Filaments connate into a short tube; anthers erect, apex membranous and inflexed on base of stigma head; pollinia 2 per pollinarium, erect, ovoid, apex with a small translucent beak. Stigma head conical or flat, apex 2-cleft. Follicles cylindric-lanceolate, smooth.
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Distribution

Pentasacme world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3578-1
WFO ID wfo-4000028633
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Synonyms

Spiladocorys Pentasacme

Lower taxons

Pentasacme wallichii Pentasacme caudatum Pentasacme pulcherrima Pentasacme shanense