Pentas lanceolata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Pentas
- Species
- Pentas lanceolata
- Scientific Name
- Pentas lanceolata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pentas lanceolata
Pentas lanceolata, commonly known as Egyptian starcluster, is a species of flowering plant in the madder family, Rubiaceae that is native to tropical Africa from Sudan to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique, as well as Saudi Arabia and Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula. It is known for its wide use as a garden plant where it often accompanies butterfly gardens.
...Pentas lanceolata in languages:
- Chinese
- 五星花 (繁星花)
- Chinese
- 雨傘花
- Chinese
- 星形花
- Chinese
- 草本仙丹花
- Danish
- egypterstjerne
- English
- Egyptian Star-cluster
- English
- Ruby Glow
- Finnish
- punaviisikki
- Hebrew
- פנטס אזמלני
- Japanese
- ペンタス
- Japanese
- クササンタンカ
- Modern Greek
- Πεντάδα
- Polish
- Piętak lancetowaty
- Portuguese
- Estrela-do-Egito
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