Pentasacme

Pentasacme, sometimes spelled Pentasachme, is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It contains six species which range from the Himalayas through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia.^[1] The genus was first described in 1834.^[2][3]

Pentasacme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Pentasacme Wall. ex Wight (1834)
Synonyms[1]
Spiladocorys Ridl. (1893)

Species

• Pentasacme caudatum Wall. ex Wight – Nepal through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia
• Pentasacme malipoense C.Liu & Y.H.Tan – China (Yunnan)
• Pentasacme pulcherrima Grierson & D.G.Long – Nepal and southern Bhutan
• Pentasacme shanense R.W.MacGregor & W.W.Sm. – Myanmar
• Pentasacme tubulosum C.Liu, X.J.Hu & Y.H.Tan – China (Yunnan)
• Pentasacme wallichii Wight – Himalayas to Bangladesh

Formerly included

moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Heterostemma):^[4]

• P. brachyantha now Cynanchum stauntonii
• P. esquirolii now Heterostemma esquirolii
• P. glaucescens now Cynanchum glaucescens
• P. stauntonii now Cynanchum stauntonii