Pentagonia (plant)

Pentagonia
	Pentagonia macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Condamineeae
Genus:	Pentagonia; Benth.
Species
	Species include: Pentagonia involucrata; Pentagonia macrophylla; Pentagonia orthoneura; Pentagonia peruviana; Pentagonia rubiflora; and others

Pentagonia is a genus of about 34 species of plants in the family Rubiaceae. Pentagonia species are native to Central America and northern South America, and grow in moist tropical forests below 900m.^[1]

References

^ Cornejo, Xavier (July 2006). "Two New Species of Pentagonia (Rubiaceae-Hippotideae) from Ecuador and Peru". Harvard Papers in Botany. 11 (1). Harvard University Herbaria: 19–24. doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2006)11[19:tnsopr]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 41761837.

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[Cornejo-1] Cornejo, Xavier (July 2006). "Two New Species of Pentagonia (Rubiaceae-Hippotideae) from Ecuador and Peru". Harvard Papers in Botany. 11 (1). Harvard University Herbaria: 19–24. doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2006)11[19:tnsopr]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 41761837.

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