Pentabrachion | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Pentabrachion reticulatum Müll.Arg.
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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]