Pentas

Pentas is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus is found in tropical and southern Africa, the Comoros, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Egyptian Star-cluster

speciesPentas lanceolata

Pentas micrantha

speciesPentas micrantha

Pentas zanzibarica

speciesPentas zanzibarica

Pentas angustifolia

speciesPentas angustifolia

Pentas purpurea

speciesPentas purpurea

Pentas tibestica

speciesPentas tibestica

Pentas pubiflora

speciesPentas pubiflora

Pentas caffensis

speciesPentas caffensis

Pentas arvensis

speciesPentas arvensis

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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 68318.