Heterotis decumbens

Heterotis decumbens

Taxonavigation

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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 decumbens

Name

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Heterotis decumbens (P.Beauv.) |Jacq.Fél., Adansonia, n.s., 20: 418. (1981)

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Melastoma decumbens P.Beauv. in Fl. Oware 1: 69 (1806)
  • Heterotypic
    • Asterostoma decumbens Blume in Mus. Bot. 1: 50 (1849)
    • Dissotis decumbens Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 58 (1871 publ. 1872)
    • Dissotis laevis Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 451 (1871)
    • Dissotis mahonii Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 129: t. 7896 (1903)
    • Dissotis modesta Stapf in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 78 (1906)
    • Heterotis laevis Benth. in Niger Fl.: 348 (1849)
    • Osbeckia decumbens DC. in Prodr. 3: 143 (1828)
    • Rhexia decumbens Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 628 (1816)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
  • ^* Regional:Western Africa
      • Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria
  • ^* Regional:Central Africa
      • Central African Repu, Zambia
  • ^* Regional:Eastern Africa
      • Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
    • Introduced into:
      • Jawa, Mauritius, Réunion

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

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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

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