k NOMENCLATOR OF MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN RUBIACEAE 



PTBG); Isotype US 678934 (photos MEXU, 

 PTBG)). 



Pentagonia hirsuta Standi., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 

 18: 165. 1928. Type: COSTA RICA: 

 Talamanca, forets au-dessus de Tsaki, 500 m, 

 Mar 1895, A. Tonduz 9415 (Holotype US 

 938648 (photos MEXU, PTBG); Isotype F). 



Pentagonia lobata C. M. Taylor, Novon 5: 202, 

 fig. ID. 1995. Type: COSTA RICA: 

 Puntarenas. Canton de Golfito, Reserva 

 Natural de Vida Silvestre Golfito, final del 

 camino hacia las torres, 8°39'52"N, 

 83°10'00"W, 7 Dec 1992, B. Hammel 18619 

 (Holotype MO 4355639; Isotypes CR, n.v., F, 

 n.v., MO 4355638). 



Pentagonia macrophylla Benth., Bot. Voy. 

 Sulphur 105, tab. 39. 1845. Type: PANAMA: 

 Panama, forests between Panama and Cruces, 

 Barclay s.n. (Holotype BM, n.v.). 

 Watsonamra, 



Pentagonia nuciformis Dwyer, Ann. Missouri 

 Bot. Gard. 67: 326. 1980. Type: PANAMA: 

 Veraguas, 5 miles W of Santa Fe on the road 

 past Escuela Agricola Alto Piedra on Pacific 

 side of divide, 800-1200 m, 18 Mar 1973, 

 T. B. Croat 23093 (Holotype MO 2161493 

 (photo PTBG)). 



Pentagonia pinnatifida Seem., J. Bot. Hooker 

 7: 566. 1848. Type: PANAMA: Darien, banks 

 of the river Cupica, Seemann 1019 (Holotype 

 BM, n.v. (photo MO)). 



Pentagonia pittieri (Standi.) Standi., J. Wash. 

 Acad. Sci. 17: 170. 1927. Watsonamra pittieri 

 Standi., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 443. 1914. 

 Type: PANAMA: San Bias, forests around 

 Puerto Obaldia, San Bias coast, 0-50 m, Aug 

 1911,//. Pittier 4298 (Holotype US 679414 

 (photos MEXU, PTBG); Isotype US 679415 

 (photos MEXU, PTBG)).— Pentagonia 

 pinnatifida Seem. 



Pentagonia pubescens (Standi.) Standi., J. 

 Wash. Acad. Sci. 17: 171. 1927. Watsonamra 

 pubescens Standi., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 

 441. 1914. Type: PANAMA: Canal Zone, 

 around Tabernilla, along the railroad, 20-25 

 m, 6 Jul 191 1, H. Pittier 3822 (Holotype US 

 678894 (photo PTBG); Isotype NY, n.v.). 

 —Pentagonia macrophylla Benth. 



Pentagonia tinajita Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald 

 134, t. 28. 1854. Type: PANAMA: Veraguas, 

 western parts, Seemann 1595 (Holotype BM, 

 n.v. (photo MO)). 



Pentagonia veraguensis Dwyer, Ann. Missouri 

 Bot. Gard. 67: 328. 1980. Type: PANAMA: 

 Veraguas, Valley of Rio Dos Bocas, 1 1 km 

 from Escuela Agricola Alto Piedra (above 

 Santa Fe) on road to Calovebora, 450 m, 30 

 Aug 1974, T. B. Croat 27504 (Holotype MO 

 2201425 (photo PTBG)). 



Pentagonia wendlandii Hook, f, Bot. Mag. pi. 

 5230. 1861. Type: CENTRAL AMERICA 

 [probably Costa Rica or Panama]: Described 

 from cultivated material, type uncertain. 



Pentas, Benth. in Hook., Bot. Mag. 4086. 1844. 

 Type: Pentas carnea Benth. 



Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers, Voy. 

 Yemen 142. 1889. Ophiorhiza lanceolata 

 Forssk., F. Aegypt.-Arab. 42. 1775. Type: 

 AFRICA: Yemen, Hadie Mts., Forsskal s.n. 

 (Holotype C, n.v.; Isotype BM, n.v.). Widely 

 cultivated in Mexico a 



Pentodon Hochst., Flora 27: 552. 1844. Type: 



Pentodon decumbens Hochst. 

 Pentodon pentandrus (Schumach. & Thonn.) 



Vatke, Osterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 25: 231. 1875. 



Hedyotis pentandra Schumach. & Thonn., 



Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. 



Naturvidensk., Math. Afh. 3: 71. 1827. Type: 



GUINEA: Aquapim, ' 



Costa Ric; 



Petesia P. Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 143, 

 t. 2, 3. 1756. Type not designated. 



Petesia grandis Bartl. ex DC, Prodr. 4: 395. 

 1830. Type: MEXICO: Without precise 

 locality, Haenke s.n. (Holotype presumably 

 PR, n.v., fragment G-DC, n.v. (microfiche 4: 

 395.1)).— Sommera grandis (Bartl. ex DC.) 

 Standi. 



Petesia minor Griseb., Bonplandia 6: 8. 1858. 

 Type: PANAMA: Without precise locality, 



