Pentanisia angustifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Pentanisia |
Species: | P. angustifolia
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Binomial name | |
Pentanisia angustifolia (Hochst.) Hochst.
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Pentanisia angustifolia, also known as narrow-leaved pentanisia, [1] is a species of flower that blooms in the early rains of southern Africa. [2]
This plant has simple, undivided leaves, typical of the family.[ citation needed]
Pentanisia angustifolia is found in eastern South Africa, Lesotho, eSwatini, [3] and Mozambique. [1]
Up to 800m in Mozambique [1] and higher in the highveld.
The flower lives in the herb layer of woodlands.
Derived from Greek, "Penta-" (πέντα) means "five" and "-nisia" may come from the word "nisos" (νῆσος), which means "island" or "land." The specific epithet is derived from Latin, "angusti-" coming from "angustus," meaning "narrow" or "tight" and "-folia" coming from "folium," which means "leaf," hence the "narrow-leaved" reference in this flower's common name.[ citation needed]
Synonyms include Diotocarpus angustifolius Hochst. and Pentanisia variabilis Harv. var. glaucescens Cruse ex Sond. [1] The genus Diotocarpus was revised alongside other herbaceous Rubiaceae in 1952, having been considered a taxonomic synonym of Pentanisia. [4]
Pentanisia angustifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Pentanisia |
Species: | P. angustifolia
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Binomial name | |
Pentanisia angustifolia (Hochst.) Hochst.
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Pentanisia angustifolia, also known as narrow-leaved pentanisia, [1] is a species of flower that blooms in the early rains of southern Africa. [2]
This plant has simple, undivided leaves, typical of the family.[ citation needed]
Pentanisia angustifolia is found in eastern South Africa, Lesotho, eSwatini, [3] and Mozambique. [1]
Up to 800m in Mozambique [1] and higher in the highveld.
The flower lives in the herb layer of woodlands.
Derived from Greek, "Penta-" (πέντα) means "five" and "-nisia" may come from the word "nisos" (νῆσος), which means "island" or "land." The specific epithet is derived from Latin, "angusti-" coming from "angustus," meaning "narrow" or "tight" and "-folia" coming from "folium," which means "leaf," hence the "narrow-leaved" reference in this flower's common name.[ citation needed]
Synonyms include Diotocarpus angustifolius Hochst. and Pentanisia variabilis Harv. var. glaucescens Cruse ex Sond. [1] The genus Diotocarpus was revised alongside other herbaceous Rubiaceae in 1952, having been considered a taxonomic synonym of Pentanisia. [4]