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.

Links

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Tristemma. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 11.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Tristemma. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Tristemma. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 11 2017. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Tristemma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Nov. 2017.

Vernacular names

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