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Pentagonia
Pentagonia is a genus of over 40 species of plants in the coffee or gardenia family (Rubiaceae). Pentagonia species are native to Central America and northern South America, and grow in moist tropical forests below 900m. The genus was first described by George Bentham in 1845. Pentagonia are typically small monopodial trees up to 8 meters tall, but some are much-branched trees up to 18 meters tall. The genus is noteworthy for its large, entire and strongly carinate,
interpetiolar stipules and large leaf blades, up to at least 200 cm long, with the leaf surfaces being distinctly and closely striate with fine epidermal fibers.
33 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pentagonia macrophylla
speciesPentagonia macrophylla
Pentagonia tinajita
speciesPentagonia tinajita
Pentagonia donnell-smithii
speciesPentagonia donnell-smithii
Pentagonia pinnatifida
speciesPentagonia pinnatifida
Pentagonia wendlandii
speciesPentagonia wendlandii
Pentagonia lobata
speciesPentagonia lobata
Pentagonia spathicalyx
speciesPentagonia spathicalyx
Pentagonia gomez-lauritoi
speciesPentagonia gomez-lauritoi
Pentagonia osaensis
speciesPentagonia osaensis
Pentagonia grandiflora
speciesPentagonia grandiflora
Pentagonia costaricensis
speciesPentagonia costaricensis
Pentagonia osapinnata
speciesPentagonia osapinnata
Pentagonia williamsii
speciesPentagonia williamsii
Pentagonia lanciloba
speciesPentagonia lanciloba
Pentagonia plicatifolia
speciesPentagonia plicatifolia
Pentagonia involucrata
speciesPentagonia involucrata
Pentagonia carniflora
speciesPentagonia carniflora
Pentagonia gigantifolia
speciesPentagonia gigantifolia
Pentagonia hirsuta
speciesPentagonia hirsuta
Pentagonia gambagam
speciesPentagonia gambagam
Pentagonia rubriflora
speciesPentagonia rubriflora
Pentagonia chocoensis
speciesPentagonia chocoensis
Pentagonia imparipinnata
speciesPentagonia imparipinnata
Pentagonia subauriculata
speciesPentagonia subauriculata
Pentagonia angustifolia
speciesPentagonia angustifolia
Pentagonia nuciformis
speciesPentagonia nuciformis
Pentagonia parvifolia
speciesPentagonia parvifolia
Pentagonia tapacula
speciesPentagonia tapacula
Pentagonia amazonica
speciesPentagonia amazonica
Pentagonia magnifica
speciesPentagonia magnifica
Pentagonia bonifaziana
speciesPentagonia bonifaziana
Pentagonia clementinensis
speciesPentagonia clementinensis
Pentagonia wurdackii
speciesPentagonia wurdackii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 185134.