Pentasachme
# Pentasachme

Pentasachme is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1834. It contains only one recognized species, Pentasachme caudatum, native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

## formerly included

moved to other genera (Cynanchum, Heterostemma)

* P. brachyantha now Cynanchum stauntonii
* P. esquirolii now Heterostemma esquirolii
* P. glaucescens now Cynanchum glaucescens
* P. stauntonii now Cynanchum stauntonii

## species of uncertain affinities

* Pentasachme fasciculatum (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight) M.R.Almeida - India
* Pentasachme pulcherrima Grierson & D.G. Long - Bhutan, Nepal
* Pentasachme shanense MacGregor & W. W. Smith - Myanmar
* Pentasachme wallichii Wight - Himalayas
