Dissotis
| Dissotis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Dissotis Benth. |
Dissotis is a genus of plants in the tibouchina family Melastomataceae. There are about 111 - 140 species, distributed across Africa.[1][2]
Entomology
The genus name is based on the Greek word dissos, which means 'twofold'.[3] This refers to the two types of anthers that is a characteristic of this genus.
Selected species
- Dissotis antennina
- Dissotis barteri
- Dissotis brazzae
- Dissotis buettneriana
- Dissotis bureaevii
- Dissotis capitata
- Dissotis canescens
- Dissotis congolensis
- Dissotis controversa
- Dissotis cornifolia
- Dissotis fruticosa
- Dissotis glaberrima
- Dissotis grandiflora
- Dissotis irvingiana
- Dissotis multiflora
- Dissotis pauciflora
- Dissotis phaeotricha
- Dissotis plumosa
- Dissotis princeps
- Dissotis rotundifolia
- Dissotis thollonii
References
- ↑ The Plant List, A Working List Of All Plant Species.
- ↑ Antidiarrhoea and toxicological evaluation of the leaf extract of Dissotis rotundifolia triana (Melastomataceae)
- ↑ , PlantZAfrica, from the D. canescens page.
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