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Pentas lanceolata (Egyptian starcluster)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pentas lanceolata, commonly known as Egyptian Starcluster, is a species of flowering plant in the madder family, Rubiaceae that is native to much of Africa as well as Yemen. It is known for its wide use as a garden plant where it often accompanies butterfly gardens. \n* White flowers \n* Pink flowers \n* Red flowers
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Infraspecies

Pentas lanceolata cymosa
Pentas lanceolata lanceolata
Pentas lanceolata quartiniana
Pentas lanceolata var. angustifolia
Pentas lanceolata var. leucaster
Pentas lanceolata var. nemorosa
Pentas lanceolata var. oncostipula
Pentas lanceolata var. usambarica

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Predators

Gnathothlibus erotus (White-brow hawkmoth)[3]
Hippotion boerhaviae[3]
Planococcus halli[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0