''Pentace'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...
''sensu lato'' or
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical re ...
.
It includes 30 species native to tropical Asia, ranging from Bangladesh through Indochina and Malesia to the Philippines and the
Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands (, , ), now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands (, or "Southeast Islands"), are an archipelago in the Indonesian archipelago. Most of the Lesser Sunda Islands are located within the Wallacea region, except for the Bali pro ...
.
Species
30 species are accepted.
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* '' Pentace acuta''
* '' Pentace adenophora''
* '' Pentace borneensis''
* '' Pentace burmanica''
* '' Pentace chartacea''
* '' Pentace concolor''
* '' Pentace cordifolia''
* '' Pentace corneri''
* '' Pentace curtisii''
* '' Pentace discolor''
* '' Pentace erectinervia''
* '' Pentace excelsa''
* '' Pentace exima''
* '' Pentace floribunda''
* '']Pentace grandiflora
''Pentace grandiflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' or Tiliaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya and also known as West Malaysia or the ...
''
* '' Pentace griffithii''
* '' Pentace hirtula''
* '' Pentace laxiflora''
* '' Pentace macrophylla''
* '' Pentace macroptera''
* '' Pentace microlepidota''
* '' Pentace oligoneura''
* '' Pentace perakensis''
* '' Pentace polyantha''
* '' Pentace rigida''
* '' Pentace strychnoidea''
* '' Pentace subintegra''
* '' Pentace sumatrana''
* '' Pentace triptera''
* '' Pentace truncata''
References
Malvaceae genera
Flora of tropical Asia
Taxa described in 1858
Taxa named by Justus Carl Hasskarl
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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