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Anisotes
''Anisotes'' is a genus of Afrotropical plants in the family Acanthaceae. The genus is morphologically similar to ''Metarungia'', from which it differs mainly in the dehiscence of the fruit capsule, and the nature of the placenta. Placentas (with attached retinacula) remain attached to the inner surface of fruit capsules in ''Anisotes''. They favour sandy ground or tropical to subtropical dry forest. The corolla consists of a two-lipped flower that is orange to red in colour. Four seeds are produced in a woody fruit capsule. Two of the six Madagascar species, ''A. hygroscopicus'' and ''A. venosus'', are unique in the genus in having hygroscopic trichomes on their seeds. Species It includes the following species: * '' Anisotes bracteatus'' Milne-Redh. – southern Africa * '' Anisotes divaricatus'' T.F.Daniel, Mbola, Almeda & Phillipson – southwestern Madagascar * '' Anisotes diversifolius'' Balf.f. * '' Anisotes dumosus'' Milne-Redh. * '' Anisotes formosissimus'' (Klotzsch) Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisotes Tangensis
''Anisotes'' is a genus of Afrotropical realm, Afrotropical plants in the family Acanthaceae. The genus is morphologically similar to ''Metarungia'', from which it differs mainly in the dehiscence of the fruit capsule, and the nature of the placenta. Placentas (with attached retinacula) remain attached to the inner surface of fruit capsules in ''Anisotes''. They favour sandy ground or tropical to subtropical dry forest. The corolla consists of a two-lipped flower that is orange to red in colour. Four seeds are produced in a woody fruit capsule. Two of the six Madagascar species, ''A. hygroscopicus'' and ''A. venosus'', are unique in the genus in having hygroscopy, hygroscopic trichomes on their seeds. Species It includes the following species: * ''Anisotes bracteatus'' Milne-Redh. – southern Africa * ''Anisotes divaricatus'' T.F.Daniel, Mbola, Almeda & Phillipson – southwestern Madagascar * ''Anisotes diversifolius'' Isaac Bayley Balfour, Balf.f. * ''Anisotes dumosus'' Milne- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |