Dissotis

Dissotis is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 111 - 140 species, distributed across Africa.[1][2]

Dissotis
Dissotis rotundifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Dissotis
Benth.
Species

See text

Dissotis canescens
Dissotis princeps plinerved leaf venation is typical of Melastomataceae

Etymology

The generic 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
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References
  1. The Plant List, A Working List Of All Plant Species.
  2. Abere, TA; Okoto, PE; Agoreyo, FO. "Antidiarrhoea and toxicological evaluation of the leaf extract of Dissotis rotundifolia Triana (Melastomataceae)". BMC Complement Altern Med. 10: 71. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-10-71. PMC 2994789. PMID 21083876.
  3. , PlantZAfrica, from the D. canescens page.
  • Media related to Dissotis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Dissotis at Wikispecies
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