Heterotis rotundifolia

Heterotis rotundifolia
Heterotis rotundifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomateae
Genus: Heterotis
Species: Heterotis rotundifolia

Name

Heterotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Jacq.-Fél., Adansonia, n.s., 20: 417. (1981)

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Osbeckia rotundifolia Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 25: n.° 204 (1813)
  • Homotypic
    • Dissotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 58 (1871 publ. 1872)
  • Heterotypic
    • Asterostoma rotundifolia Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 50 (1849)
    • Dissotis plumosa Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 452 (1871)
    • Heterotis plumosa Benth., Niger Fl.: 348 (1849)
    • Kadalia rotundifolia Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 101 (1838)
    • Melastoma plumosum D.Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 290 (1823), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
  • ^* Regional:Western Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Sierra Leone, Togo
  • ^* Regional:Central Africa
      • Central African Repu, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • ^* Regional:Eastern Africa
      • Mozambique, Sudan
    • Introduced into:
      • Caroline Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Hawaii, India, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Jacques-Félix, H. 1981. Observations sur les caractères staminaux et la classification des Osbeckieæ (Melastomataceæ) capsulaires africaines. Adansonia, Série 2, 20(4): 405–429. BHL Reference page. , 20: 417

Additional references

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands

Vernacular names

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