Pentalepis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which is endemic to Australia and found only in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.[1]

Pentalepis
Pentalepis trichodesmoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Pentalepis
F.Muell.
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The genus was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863.[2][3]

Etymology

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The genus name, Pentalepis, comes from the Greek for "five" (penta) and "scale" (lepis), and refers to the single whorl of five bracts that surrounds the inflorescence.[4]

Species

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There are 6 accepted species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pentalepis F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Pentalepis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863). "A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia". Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal N. Ser. 17 (2): 230.
  4. ^ A.E. Orchard, E.W. Cross (2020). "Pentalepis". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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