Rosettea princeps

Rosettea princeps

Rosettea princeps

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: Rosettea
Species: Rosettea princeps

Name

Rosettea princeps (Humb. & Bonpl.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit, Taxon 69(5): 985. (2020)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Rhexia princeps Humb. & Bonpl., Rhex. 122. t. 46. (Date?)
• Homotypic
  • Osbeckia princeps (Humb. & Bonpl.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 140. (1828)
  • Dissotis princeps (Humb. & Bonpl.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 57. (1871)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Veranso‐Libalah, M.C., Stone, R.D. & Kadereit, G. 2020. Towards a complete phylogeny of African Melastomateae: Systematics of Dissotis and allies (Melastomataceae). Taxon 69(5): 946–991. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12317 Reference page. : 69: 985

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rosettea princeps in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Rosettea princeps. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Rosettea princeps. Published online. Accessed: May 3 2021.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kalwerbos
English: Wild Tibouchina

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