Pentasacme
''Pentasacme'', sometimes spelled ''Pentasachme'', is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It contains six species which range from the Himalayas through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia. The genus was first described in 1834. Species *''Pentasacme caudatum'' – Nepal through Indochina to southern China and Peninsular Malaysia *''Pentasacme malipoense'' – China (Yunnan) *''Pentasacme pulcherrima'' – Nepal and southern Bhutan *''Pentasacme shanense'' – Myanmar *''Pentasacme tubulosum'' – China (Yunnan) *''Pentasacme wallichii'' – Himalayas to Bangladesh Formerly included moved to other genera ''(Cynanchum, Heterostemma):'' * ''P. brachyantha'' now ''Cynanchum stauntonii'' * ''P. esquirolii'' now ''Heterostemma esquirolii'' * ''P. glaucescens'' now ''Cynanchum glaucescens'' * ''P. stauntonii'' now ''Cynanchum stauntonii'' References

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