Heterotis rotundifolia

Heterotis rotundifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida 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: West Tropical Africa Benin, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Zaïre Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Heterotis rotundifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Heterotis rotundifolia. Published online. Accessed: December 08 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Heterotis rotundifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Heterotis rotundifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 December 2023. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Spanish Shawl

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