Pentatropis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|taxon = Pentatropis

|authority = R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.

|type_species = Pentatropis microphylla

|type_species_authority = (Roth ex Schult.) Wight & Arn. 1834 not Wall. 1847

|synonyms = Eutropis Falc.

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Pentatropis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1834.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004062 Tropicos, genus Pentatropis ]Wight, Robert & Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 52 It is native to Africa and southern Asia.Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).Bullock, A. A. 1955. Notes on African Asclepiadaceae, VI. Kew Bulletin 10: 265–292.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=124444 Flora of Pakistan, genus Pentatropis ]

;Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pentatropis The Plant List, genus Pentatropis]

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1. Pentatropis bentii (N.E.Br.) Liede - from Arabia to Pakistan
2. Pentatropis capensis (L.f.) Bullock - India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
3. Pentatropis fasciculatus (K. Schum.) N.E.Br. - tropical Africa
4. Pentatropis nivalis (J.F.Gmel.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood - southern Africa, Madagascar
5. Pentatropis novo-guineensis Valeton - New Guinea
6. Pentatropis oblongifolia (Costantin) Liede - Thailand
7. Pentatropis pierrei Costantin - Vietnam
8. Pentatropis rigida Chiov. - Somalia
9. Pentatropis senegalensis Decne. - W Africa}}

;formerly included

moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Daemia, Vincetoxicum)

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1. P. atropurpurea now Daemia atropurpurea
2. P. kempeana now Daemia kempeana
3. P. linearis now Vincetoxicum lineare
4. P. officinalis now Cynanchum officinale
5. P. quinquepartita now Daemia quinquepartita
6. P. spiralis now Vincetoxicum spirale }}