8154.000 Pentas
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 Zambia: 9 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| angustifolia (A.Rich. ex DC.) Verdc. | W,C,S | Description, Image |
| bussei K. Krause | N | |
| decora S.Moore var. decora | N,W | Description, Image |
| herbacea (Hiern) K.Schum. | ||
| lindenioides (S.Moore) Verdc. | E | |
| nobilis S. Moore | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| purpurea Oliv. subsp. mechowiana (K. Schum.) Verdc. | ||
| purpurea Oliv. subsp. purpurea | N | Description, Image |
| schimperiana (A.Rich.) Vatke subsp. schimperiana | E | Description, Image |
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