Tristemma

Tristemma involucratum

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: Tristemma
Species: T. akeassii T. albiflorum T. camerunense T. coronatum T. demeusei T. hirtum T. involucratum T. leiocalyx T. littorale T. mauritianum T. oreophilum T. oreothamnos T. rubens T. schliebenii T. vestitum

Name

Tristemma Juss., Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 329. (1789)

  • Type species: Tristemma virusanum Juss., Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 329. (1789)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Tetraphyllaster Gilg in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 266 (1897)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
    • Introduced into:
      • Mauritius, Queensland, Réunion

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

References

Primary references

  • Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam. 498 pp. Paris: Herissant et Theophile Barrois. BHL Reference page. : 329.

Additional references

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

Vernacular names

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