Apocynaceae
Pentalinon

Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin

First published in Taxon 35: 167 (1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Florida to Caribbean. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
YELLOW NIGHTSHADE
Morphology General Habit
A usually pubescent slender vine; leaves oblong to broadly ovate, 1.5–6 cm long or more, obtuse at the apex, the margins often revolute, dark green on the upper side and pale green beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes few-flowered; flowers on slender pedicels 0.8–1.5 cm long; calyx- lobes lance-acuminate, mostly 7–9 mm long; corolla-tube 8–12 mm in diameter, the obovate lobes 2–3 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Follicles linear, 10–15 cm long.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Florida and the West Indies.
Ecology
In thickets, pastures and scrublands.
Note
This species is known to be poisonous to livestock.
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Common Names

unknown
night shade, nightshade

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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