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|accepted_name=Pentalinon luteum
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) B. F. Hansen & Wunderlin
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Taxon
|place=35: 167. 1986
|year=1986
}}
|common_names=Hammock viper’s-tail;wild allamanda
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Vinca lutea
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Cent. Pl. II,
|publication_place=12.  1756
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Urechites andrewsii
|authority=Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=U. luteus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Britton
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=U. luteus var. sericeus
|authority=R. W. Long
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=U. neriandrus
|authority=Grisebach ex Miers
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=U. pinetorum
|authority=Small
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Apocynaceae;Pentalinon;Pentalinon luteum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Apocynaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pentalinon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pentalinon luteum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Woody </b>vines, occasionally suffrutescent at base. <b>Stems</b> glabrous or densely pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; petiole 5–12 mm, pubescent; blade broadly obovate to oblong, 30–60 × 15–40 mm, membranous to subcoriaceous, base cuneate to acute or slightly cordate, margins often revolute, apex obtuse to acute or apiculate, surfaces pubescent abaxially. <b>Peduncles</b> 20–40 mm, sparsely pubescent. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–20 mm, sparsely pubescent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, 7–12 mm, pubescent or glabrate; corolla glabrous abaxially, usually eglandular-pubescent adaxially, tube 6–15 × 2–3 mm, throat 15–35 × 8–12 mm, lobes spreading, obliquely rounded-obovate, 20–25 × 18–22 mm, adjacent lobes overlapping for 1/2+ of their length from base. <b>Follicles</b> 120–180 × 4–5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 10–12 × 1 mm not including beak, beak ± as long as body of seed. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Roadside thickets, pine flatwoods, coastal hammocks, mangrove swamps, beach dunes.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;South America (Colombia).
|discussion=<p>In Florida, Pentalinon luteum occurs sporadically from St. Lucie and Lee counties southward.</p><!--
--><p>G. E. Burrows and R. J. Tyrl (2013) reported that in Cuba, where Pentalinon luteum is locally abundant, cattle may suffer hemorrhagic diarrhea and sudden death from ventricular fibrillation upon ingestion of the plants.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Pentalinon luteum
|authority=(Linnaeus) B. F. Hansen & Wunderlin
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Urechites andrewsii;U. luteus;U. luteus var. sericeus;U. neriandrus;U. pinetorum
|basionyms=Vinca lutea
|family=Apocynaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Roadside thickets, pine flatwoods, coastal hammocks, mangrove swamps, beach dunes.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;South America (Colombia).
|reference=None
|publication title=Taxon
|publication year=1986
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=
|genus=Pentalinon
|species=Pentalinon luteum
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