Eight subspecies and varieties are accepted. •
Pentas lanceolata var.
angustifolia – Tanzania (Ufipa) •
Pentas lanceolata subsp.
cymosa – Comoro Islands •
Pentas lanceolata subsp.
lanceolata – Eritrea to Mozambique and Saudi Arabia and Yemen •
Pentas lanceolata var.
leucaster – eastern DR Congo to Ethiopia and northern Tanzania •
Pentas lanceolata var.
nemorosa – Ethiopia, Kenya, and northern Tanzania •
Pentas lanceolata var.
oncostipula – Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique •
Pentas lanceolata subsp.
quartiniana – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo •
Pentas lanceolata var.
usambarica – eastern
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