- Family: Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus: Pentas Benth.
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers
- Genus: Pentas Benth.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Ethiopia to Mozambique, Comoros, Arabian Peninsula.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1100 - 2500 m.; Andes.
- Habit
- Hierba, subarbusto, arbusto
[FTEA]
Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976
- Habit
- Herb or subshrub with erect or straggling mostly woody stems 0.5–1.3 m. tall, hairy.
- Leaves
- Leaf-blades ovate, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 3–13 cm. long, 1–6 cm. wide, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, pubescent to densely velvety on both surfaces; petioles 0–5 cm. long; stipules with 3–9(–14) setae, 2–9 mm. long, bearing small colleters, from a short base.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence with terminal and axillary components combined into a single cluster.
- Calyx
- Calyx-tube hairy, 1–3 mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. wide; lobes very unequal, the largest lanceolate, 0.5–1.3 cm. long, 0.5–3 mm. wide, the smallest 1–3 mm. long.
- Flowers
- Flowers often trimorphic, either with style exserted and anthers included, anthers exserted and style included or both included. Flowers with both style and stigma and anthers included:tube 2–4 cm. long; lobes ovate-oblong 0.5–1.1 cm. long, 2.5–3.3 mm. wide; anthers sometimes with tips exserted 0.25 mm. but usually included; style and stigma always included. Short-styled flowers very similar, corolla-lobes 4.5–8 mm. long; anthers exserted 2.5–4 mm.; style and stigma usually completely enclosed or rarely tips of stigma-lobes exserted 2.5 mm. Long-styled flowers:corolla-tube (1–)2.3–3.9 cm. long, dilated at the apex to 3(–6) mm. wide for a distance of 4–8 mm., hairy or glabrous outside; lobes oblong-ovate to elliptic, 0.3–1 cm. long, (1–)1.5–4.5 mm. wide; throat hairy within; anthers completely included; style exserted 1.5–5.5 mm.; stigma 2–5 mm. long.
- Long-styled
- Long-styled flowers:corolla-tube (1–)2.3–3.9 cm. long, dilated at the apex to 3(–6) mm. wide for a distance of 4–8 mm., hairy or glabrous outside; lobes oblong-ovate to elliptic, 0.3–1 cm. long, (1–)1.5–4.5 mm. wide; throat hairy within; anthers completely included; style exserted 1.5–5.5 mm.; stigma 2–5 mm. long.
- Short-styled
- Short-styled flowers very similar, corolla-lobes 4.5–8 mm. long; anthers exserted 2.5–4 mm.; style and stigma usually completely enclosed or rarely tips of stigma-lobes exserted 2.5 mm.
- Fruits
- Fruit obtriangular, 4–6 mm. tall and wide; beak 1–2 mm. tall.
[FZ]
Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 5:1. 1989
- Habit
- Herb or subshrub with erect or straggling mostly woody stems 0.5–1.3 m. tall, hairy.
- Leaves
- Leaf blades 3–13 x 1–6 cm., ovate, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, pubescent to densely velvety on both surfaces; petioles 0.5 cm. long; stipules with 3–9(14) setae, 2–9 mm. long, bearing small colleters, from a short base.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence with terminal and axillary components combined into a single cluster.
- Calyx
- Calyx tube hairy, 1–3 x 1.5–2.5 mm. lobes very unequal, the largest 0.5–1.3 cm. x 0.5–3 mm., lanceolate, the smallest 1–3 mm. long.
- Long-styled
- Long-styled flowers: corolla tube (1 )2.3–4 cm. long, dilated at the apex to 3(6) mm. wide for a distance of 4–8 mm., hairy or glabrous outside; lobes 0.3–1 cm. x (1)1.5–4.5 mm., oblong-ovate to elliptic; throat hairy within; anthers completely included; style exserted 1.5–5.5 mm.; stigma 2–5 mm. long.
- Short-styled
- Short-styled flowers very similar; corolla lobes 4.5–8 mm. long; anthers exserted 2.5–4 mm.; style and stigma usually completely enclosed or rarely tips of stigma lobes exserted 2.5 mm.
- Flowers
- Flowers with both style and stigma and anthers included; tube 2–4 cm. long; lobes 0.5–1.1 cm. x 2.5–3.3 mm., ovate-oblong; anthers sometimes with tips exserted 0.25 mm. but usually included; style and stigma always included. Flowers often trimorphic, either with style exserted and anthers included, anthers exserted and style included or both included. Short-styled flowers very similar; corolla lobes 4.5–8 mm. long; anthers exserted 2.5–4 mm.; style and stigma usually completely enclosed or rarely tips of stigma lobes exserted 2.5 mm. Long-styled flowers: corolla tube (1 )2.3–4 cm. long, dilated at the apex to 3(6) mm. wide for a distance of 4–8 mm., hairy or glabrous outside; lobes 0.3–1 cm. x (1)1.5–4.5 mm., oblong-ovate to elliptic; throat hairy within; anthers completely included; style exserted 1.5–5.5 mm.; stigma 2–5 mm. long.
- Fruits
- Fruit 4–6 mm. tall and wide, obtriangular; beak 1–2 mm. tall.
Native to:
Bangladesh, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre
Introduced into:
Colombia, Cook Is., Norfolk Is., Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
- Pentas lanceolata var. angustifolia Verdc.
- Pentas lanceolata subsp. cymosa (Klotzsch) Verdc.
- Pentas lanceolata subsp. lanceolata
- Pentas lanceolata var. leucaster (K.Krause) Verdc.
- Pentas lanceolata var. nemorosa (Chiov.) Verdc.
- Pentas lanceolata var. oncostipula (K.Schum.) Verdc.
- Pentas lanceolata subsp. quartiniana (A.Rich.) Verdc.
- Pentas lanceolata var. usambarica Verdc.
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 27, 1951 | Schweinfurth, G. [1310], Yemen | K000760236 | Unknown type material | |
Milne-Redhead, E. [7207], Tanzania | 28491.000 |
First published in Voy. Yemen: 142 (1889)
Accepted by
- Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
- Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
- Delprete, P.G. (2010). Rubiaceae Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.
- Delprete, P.G. & Cortés-B., R. (2006 publ. 2007). A synopsis of the Rubiaceae of the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a key to genera, and a preliminary species list Revista de Biologia Neotropical 3: 13-96.
- Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
- Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
- Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1 Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Smith, A.C. (1988). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 4: 1-377. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
- Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
- Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
- Mendoza, H., Ramirez P., B.R. & Jimenez, L.C. (2004). Rubiaceae de Colombia: guia ilustrada de generos: 1-351. Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia.
- Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
- Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1 Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 404, fig. (1974).
- E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda, ed. 2: 160, fig. 103 (1972).
- Verdc. in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 23: 339, fig. 35/D, G (1953).
- Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 6: 377 (1951)
- Deflers, Voy. Yemen: 142 (1889).
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