Pentalinon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1845. It is native to the West Indies, Central America, Mexico, and Florida.[1]
Pentalinon | |
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Pentalinon luteum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Apocynoideae |
Tribe: | Echiteae |
Genus: | Pentalinon Voigt |
Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Pentalinon andrieuxii (Müll.Arg.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin - Hidalgo, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
- Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, islands of western Caribbean, S Florida
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