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The genus Pentas is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pentas

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Pentas angustifolia (A.Rich.) Verdc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas arvensis Hiern	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas caffensis Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas cleistostoma K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas glabrescens Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas herbacea (Hiern) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	5
Pentas micrantha Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Pentas nervosa Hepper	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas pauciflora Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas pubiflora S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas purpurea Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Pentas purseglovei Verdc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas schimperi (Hochst.) Wieringa	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Pentas suswaensis Verdc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas tibestica Quézel	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas warburgiana K.Schum.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pentas zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1

Statistics

The Plant List includes 63 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pentas. Of these 16 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 35 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pentas. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 63 species names for the genus Pentas recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	16	25.4%
◕	Synonym	39	61.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	8	12.7%

All names

The status of the 98 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pentas recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	24	24.5%
◕	Synonym	64	65.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	10.2%

Of the species names,

• 9 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 63 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pentas, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	16	38	0	0	54	85.7%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.6%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	8	8	12.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Pentas is as follows: