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Pentina
The pentina is an accentual-syllabic poetic form, characterized by the use of five verses of five lines each, with a two-line envoi, for a total of 27 lines. It is similar to the French form, the sestina, which is characterized by six verses of six lines each, with a final 3-line envoi. Its creation in 1995 by American poet and songwriter Leigh Harrison was documented in an article, "The Joys of the Pentina" (Medicinal Purposes Literary
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pentina flammans
speciesPentina flammans
Pentina xanthopera
speciesPentina xanthopera
Pentina lucida
speciesPentina lucida
Pentina petulina
speciesPentina petulina
Pentina ornata
speciesPentina ornata
Pentina miracula
speciesPentina miracula
Pentina grandaeva
speciesPentina grandaeva
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 556118.