⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-149929, and has not been changed.

Pentas arvensis var. violacea Hiern ex Scott-Elliot is a synonym of Pentas cleistostoma K.Schum.

This name is a synonym of Pentas cleistostoma K.Schum..

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 149929) with original publication details: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 436 1896.