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Taxon:
Pentas lanceolata
(Forssk.) Deflers
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Pentas
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Rubioideae
Tribe:
Knoxieae
Nomen number:
27317
Place of publication:
Voyage au Yemen 142. 1889
Verified:
04/30/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ophiorrhiza lanceolata
Forssk.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mussaenda luteola
Delile
Pentas carnea
auct. pl.
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
Cufodontis, G.
Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
Erhardt, W. et al.
Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Fosberg, F. R. et al.
Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. 1979-1982
Fournet, J.
Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. 1978
Note:
lists as P. lanceolata (Forssk.) K. Schum.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
Lebrun, J.-P. et al.
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Republique de Djibouti. 1989
Mabberley, D. J.
Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, third edition. 2008
Note:
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Parham, J. W.
Plants of the Fiji islands, revised ed. 1972
Note:
lists as P. lanceolata (Forssk.) K. Schum.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Wood, J. R. I.
A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
Egyptian star-cluster –
Reference(s)
star-cluster –
Reference(s)
German
Stern von Ägypten –
Reference(s)
Swedish
femudding –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Djibouti
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Zaire
e.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
2
Cultivated
also cult. in tropics
Native
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Djibouti
,
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Malawi
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Rwanda
,
Zaire
(e.)
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
Cultivated
(also cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Name
References
Economic Uses