Pentalepis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which is endemic to Australia and found only in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Subtribe: | Ecliptinae |
| Genus: | Pentalepis F.Muell. |
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The genus was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863.[2][3]
Etymology
editThe genus name, Pentalepis, comes from the Greek for "five" (penta) and "scale" (lepis), and refers to the single whorl of five bracts that surrounds the inflorescence.[4]
Species
editThere are 6 accepted species:[1]
- Pentalepis ecliptoides F.Muell.
- Pentalepis grandis E.W.Cross
- Pentalepis kakaduensis E.W.Cross
- Pentalepis linearifolia Orchard
- Pentalepis trichodesmoides F.Muell.
- Pentalepis walcottii E.W.Cross
References
edit- ^ a b "Pentalepis F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Pentalepis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863). "A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia". Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal N. Ser. 17 (2): 230.
- ^ A.E. Orchard, E.W. Cross (2020). "Pentalepis". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 6 June 2021.