Pentabrachion

Pentabrachion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Phyllanthoideae
Tribe:	Bridelieae
Subtribe:	Pseudolachnostylidinae
Genus:	Pentabrachion Müll.Arg.
Species:	P. reticulatum
Binomial name
Pentabrachion reticulatum Müll.Arg.
Synonyms[1]
Actephila reticulata (Müll.Arg.) Pax Amanoa laurifolia Pax Actephila africana Pax

Pentabrachion is a plant genus from the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1864.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Pentabrachion reticulatum, native to tropical Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo).[1][4][5]

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1864. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 47: 532-533 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Pentabrachion Müll. Arg.
4. Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
5. Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris