''Pentachlaena'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

belonging to the

Sarcolaenaceae The Sarcolaenaceae are a family of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar. The family includes 79 species of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs in ten genera. Recent DNA studies indicate that the Sarcolaenaceae are a sibling taxon to the family ...

family,

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. It was first scientifically described in 1920.

Species

The genus includes the following species: * '' Pentachlaena betamponensis'' 2000 * '' Pentachlaena latifolia'' 1920 * '' Pentachlaena orientalis'' 1973 * '' Pentachlaena vestita'' 2016

References

Sarcolaenaceae Malvales genera Endemic flora of Madagascar Taxa named by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie {{Sarcolaenaceae-stub