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Index of Botanical Specimens

NamePentasacme Wallich ex Wight
AuthorshipWallich ex Wight
RankGenus
NomenclaturalStatusNomLeg
Placed inAsclepiadaceae
ContainsPentasacme brachyantha Hand.-Mazz.  Pentasacme caudatum Wallich ex Wight  Pentasacme championii Benth.  Pentasacme esquirolii H.Lév.  Pentasacme fasciculatum (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) M.R.Almeida  Pentasacme glaucescens Decne.  Pentasacme pulcherrima Grierson & D.G.Long  Pentasacme shanense McGregor & W.W.Sm.  Pentasacme sp.   Pentasacme stauntonii Decne.  Pentasacme wallichii Wight 
RemarksThe second part of the generic name is derived from the Greek word 'acme'. Therefore, 'Pentasachme' is corrected to Pentasacme.
Citation1834 [Dec 1834] Contr. Bot. India 60

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