| Gattung: | Pentas Benth. |
| Familie: | Rubiaceae |
| Arten: | über 50 |
| Vorkommen: | Afrika, Madagaskar |
2-jährige Pflanzen, Stauden und kleinere Sträucher |
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Arten: |
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| Pentas ainsworthii Scott-Elliot | |
| Pentas angustifolia ( A.Rich.ex DC. ) Verdcourt | |
| Pentas arvensis Hiern | |
| Pentas austroorientalis Homolle & Verdcourt | |
| Pentas bussei Krause | |
| Pentas caffensis Chiov. | |
| Pentas carnea Benth. | |
| Pentas cleistostoma K.Schum. | |
| Pentas coccinea Stapf | |
| Pentas coerulea Chiov. | |
| Pentas concinna K.Schum. | |
| Pentas confertifolia Baker | |
| Pentas decaryana Homolle ex Verdcourt | |
| Pentas decora S.Moore | |
| Pentas dewevrei Wildem. & T.Durand | |
| Pentas elata K.Schum. | |
| Pentas fililoba K.Krause | |
| Pentas flammea Chiov. | |
| Pentas geophila Verdcourt | |
| Pentas glabrescens Baker | |
| Pentas globifera Hutchinson | |
| Pentas graniticola E.A.Bruce | |
| Pentas herbacea K.Schum. | |
| Pentas hindsioides K.Schum. | |
| Pentas hirtiflora Baker | |
| Pentas homblei De Wild. | |
| Pentas involucrata Baker | |
| Pentas ionolaena K.Schum. | |
Pentas lanceolata ( Forssk. ) Defl. trop. Afrika. Diese Art wird inzw. gerne als Zeirpflanze benutzt. |
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| Pentas ledermannii K.Krause | |
| Pentas leucaster K.Krause | |
| Pentas liebrechtsiana Wildem. | |
| Pentas lindenioides ( S.Moore ) Verdcourt | |
| Pentas longiflora Oliver | |
| Pentas longituba K.Schum. ex Engl. | |
| Pentas magnifica Bullock | |
| Pentas mechowiana K.Schum. | |
| Pentas micrantha Baker | |
| Pentas modesta Baker | |
| Pentas monbassana Hiern ex Oliver. | |
| Pentas mussaendoides Baker | |
| Pentas nervosa Hepper | |
| Pentas nobilis S.Moore | |
| Pentas occidentalis Benth. & Hook.f. ex Oliver | |
| Pentas oncostipula K.Schum. | |
| Pentas parviflora Benth. | |
| Pentas parvifolia Hiern | |
| Pentas pauciflora Baker | |
| Pentas pentandra Benth. | |
| Pentas pseudomagnifica M.R.F.Taylor | |
| Pentas pubiflora S.Moore | |
| Pentas purpurea Oliver | |
| Pentas purseglovei Verdcourt | |
| Pentas quadrangularis Rendle | |
| Pentas schimperiana Vatke | |
| Pentas schumanniana Krause | |
| Pentas schweinfurthii Scott-Elliot | |
| Pentas speciosa Baker | |
| Pentas stolzii K.Schum. & Krause | |
| Pentas suswaensis Verdc. | |
| Pentas tenuis Verdc. | |
| Pentas thomsonii Scott-Elliot | |
| Pentas tibestica Quezel | |
| Pentas transvaalensis Bar | |
| Pentas triangularis De Wild. | |
| Pentas ulugurica ( Verdc. ) Hepper | |
| Pentas verruculosa Chiov. | |
| Pentas verticillata K.Schum. ex Scott Elliot | |
| Pentas volubilis K.Schum. | |
| Pentas warburgiana K.Schum. | |
| Pentas woodii Scott-Elliot | |
| Pentas wyliei N.E.Br. | |
| Pentas xanthorrhoea ( K.Schum. ) Bremek. | |
| Pentas zanzibarica Vatke | |
| Pentas zanzibarica Vatke var. haroniensis Verdc. | |
| Pentas zanzibarica Vatke subsp. milangiana ( Verdc. ) Verdc. | |
| Pentas zanzibarica Vatke var. tenuifolia Verdcourt | |