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Pentaphragma
Pentaphragma is a genus of flowering plants. Pentaphragma is the sole genus in Pentaphragmataceae, a family in the order Asterales. These species are fleshy herbs, with asymmetrical leaf blades.They are found in Southeast Asia.Pentaphragma is rayless, but eventually develops rays in at least one of the species studied. This is interpreted as related to secondary woodiness or upright habit within a predominantly herbaceous phylad. The vessel elements of Pentaphragma have features universally interpreted as primitive in...
31 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pentaphragma aurantiacum
speciesPentaphragma aurantiacum

Pentaphragma begoniifolium
speciesPentaphragma begoniifolium

Scorpion's Tail
speciesPentaphragma ellipticum

Pentaphragma grandiflorum
speciesPentaphragma grandiflorum

Pentaphragma spicatum
speciesPentaphragma spicatum
Pentaphragma horsfieldii
speciesPentaphragma horsfieldii

Pentaphragma prostratum
speciesPentaphragma prostratum

Pentaphragma sinense
speciesPentaphragma sinense
Pentaphragma honbaense
speciesPentaphragma honbaense

Pentaphragma albiflorum
speciesPentaphragma albiflorum
Pentaphragma viride
speciesPentaphragma viride
Pentaphragma tetrapetalum
speciesPentaphragma tetrapetalum
Pentaphragma tenuiflorum
speciesPentaphragma tenuiflorum
Pentaphragma spatulisepalum
speciesPentaphragma spatulisepalum
Pentaphragma platyphyllum
speciesPentaphragma platyphyllum
Pentaphragma pendulum
speciesPentaphragma pendulum
Pentaphragma paucinerve
speciesPentaphragma paucinerve
Pentaphragma mindanaense
speciesPentaphragma mindanaense
Pentaphragma lanuginosum
speciesPentaphragma lanuginosum
Pentaphragma lambirense
speciesPentaphragma lambirense
Pentaphragma jaheri
speciesPentaphragma jaheri
Pentaphragma insigne
speciesPentaphragma insigne
Pentaphragma gamopetalum
speciesPentaphragma gamopetalum
Pentaphragma cyrtandriforme
speciesPentaphragma cyrtandriforme
Pentaphragma combretiflorum
speciesPentaphragma combretiflorum
Pentaphragma bicolor
speciesPentaphragma bicolor
Pentaphragma bartlettii
speciesPentaphragma bartlettii
Pentaphragma acuminatum
speciesPentaphragma acuminatum
Pentaphragma decurrens
speciesPentaphragma decurrens
Pentaphragma winitii
speciesPentaphragma winitii
Pentaphragma longisepalum
speciesPentaphragma longisepalum
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 427354.