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The genus Pentas is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pentas

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Pentas angustifolia (A.Rich.) Verdc.	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas arvensis Hiern	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas caffensis Chiov.	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas cleistostoma K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas glabrescens Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas herbacea (Hiern) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas micrantha Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas nervosa Hepper	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas pauciflora Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas pubiflora S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas purpurea Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas purseglovei Verdc.	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas suswaensis Verdc.	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas tibestica Quézel	Accepted		WCSP
Pentas zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 82 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pentas. Of these 16 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 49 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pentas. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 82 species names for the genus Pentas recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	16	19.5%
◕	Synonym	63	76.8%
◕	Unplaced	1	1.2%
◕	Unassessed	2	2.4%

All names

The status of the 131 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pentas recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	27	20.6%
◕	Synonym	101	77.1%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.8%
◕	Unassessed	2	1.5%

Of these names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 82 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pentas, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	16	62	0	0	78	95.1%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.2%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	2	3	3.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Pentas, are as follows: