World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Neurocarpaea lanceolata (Forssk.) R.Br. ex Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 438 (1898).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers, Voy. Yemen: 142 (1889).
Family:	Rubiaceae
* Ophiorrhiza lanceolata Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 42 (1775). Manettia lanceolata (Forssk.) Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 12 (1790). Mussaenda aegyptiaca Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 394 (1797), nom. illeg. Mussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 706 (1824), nom. illeg. Mussaenda luteola Delile in F.Cailliaud, Voy. M�ro� 4: 65 (1827), nom. illeg. Vignaldia luteola Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 282 (1867), nom. superfl. Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers, Voy. Yemen: 142 (1889). Pseudomussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Wernham, J. Bot. 54: 298 (1916). * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts