8154.000 Pentas Benth.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules divided into filiform segments. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-5. Flowers bisexual, mono-, di- or (rarely) tri-morphic, mostly in branched terminal cymose inflorescences. Calyx lobes usually 5, either equal or unequal with 1-3 larger than the others, sometimes leaf-like. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule ovoid or obtriangular, ribbed, beaked, opening at apex. Seeds minute.

Worldwide: 34 species from Africa to Arabia and Madagascar

Malawi: 13 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
angustifolia (A.Rich. ex DC.) Verdc.	S	Description, Image
bussei K. Krause	N,S
decora S.Moore var. decora	N	Description, Image
lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers subsp. quartiniana (A. Rich.) Verdc. var. oncostipula (K. Schum.) Verdc.[NrEnd]	C
lindenioides (S.Moore) Verdc.	N
longiflora Oliv.	S
nobilis S. Moore	C	Description, Image
pubiflora S. Moore
purpurea Oliv. subsp. purpurea	N,C,S	Description, Image
schimperiana (A.Rich.) Vatke subsp. schimperiana	N	Description, Image
schumanniana K. Krause	N,C
zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke subsp. milangiana (Verdc.) Verdc.	S	Description, Image
zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke subsp. zanzibarica var. zanzibarica	S	Image

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Flora of Burundi: Pentas
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Flora of Zambia: Pentas
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pentas

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pentas
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