Dissotis
| Dissotis | |
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| Dissotis rotundifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Dissotis Benth. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dissotis canescens
Dissotis princeps plinerved leaf venation is typical of Melastomataceae
Dissotis is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae.[1] There are about 49 accepted species (by Kew), which are distributed across most of Africa, except Northern Africa.[2]
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.
Species
As accepted by Kew;[2]
- Dissotis alata A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis anchietae A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis aquatica De Wild.
- Dissotis benguellensis A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis buraeavii (Cogn.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis carrissoi A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis castroi A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis chevalieri Gilg
- Dissotis congolensis (Cogn. ex Büttner) Jacq.-Fél.
- Dissotis cordifolia A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis crenulata Cogn.
- Dissotis cryptantha Baker
- Dissotis densiflora (Gilg) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis denticulata A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis echinata A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis elegans (Robyns & Lawalrée) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis falcipila Gilg
- Dissotis formosa A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis gilgiana De Wild.
- Dissotis glaberrima A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis gossweileri Exell
- Dissotis grandiflora (Sm.) Benth.
- Dissotis homblei (De Wild.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis idanreensis Brenan
- Dissotis lebrunii (Robyns & Lawalrée) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis leonensis Hutch. & Dalziel
- Dissotis longicaudata Cogn.
- Dissotis longisepala A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis longisetosa Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.
- Dissotis louisii Jacq.-Fél.
- Dissotis pauciflora (Baker) Jacq.-Fél.
- Dissotis peregrina A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis perkinsiae Gilg
- Dissotis princeps (Kunth) Triana
- Dissotis pterocaulos Wickens
- Dissotis pulchra A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis rhinanthifolia (Brenan) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis riparia Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.
- Dissotis ruandensis Engl.
- Dissotis scabra Gilg
- Dissotis sessili-cordata Wickens
- Dissotis simonis-jamesii Buscal. & Muschl.
- Dissotis sizenandoi Cogn.
- Dissotis speciosa Taub.
- Dissotis splendens A.Chev. & Jacq.-Fél.
- Dissotis swynnertonii (Baker f.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
- Dissotis thollonii Cogn.
- Dissotis trothae Gilg
- Dissotis welwitschii Cogn.
References
- ^ 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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b "Dissotis Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ [1], PlantZAfrica, from the D. canescens page.
