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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pentas
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Pentas
Genus recognized by Eswatini Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia SV, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Angola Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Brazil Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, El Salvador Species List, Ethiopia Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Ghana Species List, Guatemala Species List, Kenya Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Mayotte Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Nigeria Species List, Reunion Species List, Rwanda Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Mexico Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Pacific Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia ES, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, USDA PLANTS images, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Pentas
Recognized by Flora of Zimbabwe
Pentas Benth.
Pentas sect. Pentas

Alternative Names

Pentas arvensis var. violacea Hiern
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pentas elatior Benth.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pentas lanceolata Forssk.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Defl.)
Pentas lanceolata Schum.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Defl.)
Pentas mombassana Hiern
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pentas mombassana Hiern ex Oliv.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pentas occidentalis Benth. & Hook. fil. ex Oliv.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pentas schimperi Hochst.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pentas schimperi Hochst. ex Engl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pentas warburgiana K. Schum.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neurocarpaea R. Br. ex Hiern
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Orthostemma Wall. ex Voigt
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pentas Benth. 1844
Authority according to NCBI
Vignaldia A. Rich.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
pentas
Harvest ancestor according to Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

pentas preferred

Chinese

五星花属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

pětkovec preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Viisikit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

クササンタンカ属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Komi

Пентас preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

പെന്റാസ് preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

پنتاس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Femuddingssläktet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Udmurt

Пентас preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mrj

Пентас preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

五星花属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

五星花属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

五星花屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

五星花屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

五星花屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Pentas

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Gentianales
Rubiaceae
Osa
487 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Rubiaceae
509 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Asterids
Gentianales
Rubiaceae
Osa
487 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gentianales
Rubiaceae
566 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Asteranae
Gentianales
Rubiaceae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots
core eudicots
asterids
lamiids
Gentianales
Rubiaceae
Rubioideae
Knoxieae