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Heterotis (plant)
''Heterotis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. The genus is native to tropical Africa. There are 6 accepted species in this genus. Some taxonomists include this genus and its species in the genus '' Dissotis''. * '' Heterotis buettneriana'' (Cogn. ex Büttner) Jacq.-Fél. * '' Heterotis cogniauxiana'' (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit * '' Heterotis decumbens'' (P.Beauv.) Jacq.-Fél. * '' Heterotis fruticosa'' (Brenan) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit * '' Heterotis prostrata'' Benth. * '' Heterotis rotundifolia'' (Sm.) Jacq.-Fél. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q17437985 Melastomataceae Melastomataceae genera Afrotropical realm flora Taxa named by George Bentham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bentham
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studied law, but had a fascination with botany from an early age, which he soon pursued, becoming president of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He was the author of a number of important botanical works, particularly flora. He is best known for his taxonomic classification of plants in collaboration with Joseph Dalton Hooker, his ''Genera Plantarum'' (1862–1883). He died in London in 1884. Life Bentham was born in Stoke, Plymouth, on 22 September 1800.Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Bentham (George) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017, 915 p. () His father, Sir Samuel Bentham, a naval architect, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants that produce their seeds enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. They are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within their seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ancestor of all living gymnosperms before the end of the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. The closest fossil relatives of flowering plants are uncertain and contentious. The earliest angiosperm fossils ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees. Description The leaves of melastomes are somewhat distinctive, being opposite, decussate, and usually with 3-7 longitudinal veins arising either from the base of the blade, plinerved (inner veins diverging above base of blade), or pinnately nerved with three or more pairs of primary veins diverging from the mid-vein at successive points above the base. Flowers are perfect, and borne either singly or in terminal or axillary, paniculate cymes. Ecology A number of melastomes are regarded as invasive species once naturalized in tropical and subtropical environments outside their normal range. Examples are Koster's curse (''Clidemia hirta''), '' Pleroma semidecandrum'' and ''Miconia calvescens'', but many other specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissotis
''Dissotis'' is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 49 accepted species (by Kew), which are distributed across most of Africa, except Northern Africa. Etymology The generic name is based on the Greek word , which means 'twofold'. PlantZAfrica, from the ''D. canescens'' page. This refers to the two types of s that is a characteristic of this genus. Species As accepted by Kew; *'' Dissotis alata'' *'' Dissotis anchietae'' *''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heterotis Buettneriana
''Heterotis'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: * ''Heterotis'' (fish), a genus of fishes in the family Osteoglossidae * ''Heterotis'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heterotis Cogniauxiana
''Heterotis'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: * ''Heterotis'' (fish), a genus of fishes in the family Osteoglossidae * ''Heterotis'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heterotis Decumbens
''Heterotis'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: * ''Heterotis'' (fish), a genus of fishes in the family Osteoglossidae * ''Heterotis'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heterotis Fruticosa
''Heterotis'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: * ''Heterotis'' (fish), a genus of fishes in the family Osteoglossidae * ''Heterotis'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heterotis Prostrata
''Heterotis'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: * ''Heterotis'' (fish), a genus of fishes in the family Osteoglossidae * ''Heterotis'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heterotis Rotundifolia
''Heterotis rotundifolia'', commonly called pink lady, Spanish Shawl, or rockrose, is a shrub in the family Melastomataceae that occurs in tropical Africa. Description ''Heterotis rotundifolia'' can grow in a variety of ways, from straight up and erect to lying flat and prostrate to decumbent, meaning the branches lie flat on the ground but turn up at the ends. When the stems trail, they root where the leaf connects to the stem, called the "node". The stems are woody on lower parts of the plant and become hirsute, meaning hairy, towards the top of the plant. The branches tend to spread wide, and range from pink to a dark reddish in color. The leaves are oval shaped and three-ribbed, being long and wide. They are covered with short, appressed hairs on both sides. The stalks of the leaves are as long as , pilose, and pink. The flowers of ''Heterotis rotundifolia'' are solitary, and the stalks of the flowers, like the leaves, are covered with tiny appressed hairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melastomataceae Genera
Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees. Description The leaves of melastomes are somewhat distinctive, being opposite, decussate, and usually with 3-7 longitudinal veins arising either from the base of the blade, plinerved (inner veins diverging above base of blade), or pinnately nerved with three or more pairs of primary veins diverging from the mid-vein at successive points above the base. Flowers are perfect, and borne either singly or in terminal or axillary, paniculate cymes. Ecology A number of melastomes are regarded as invasive species once naturalized in tropical and subtropical environments outside their normal range. Examples are Koster's curse (''Clidemia hirta''), '' Pleroma semidecandrum'' and ''Miconia calvescens'', but many other specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrotropical Realm Flora
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian Region. Major ecological regions Most of the Afrotropic, with the exception of Africa's southern tip, has a tropical climate. A broad belt of deserts, including the Atlantic and Sahara deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Desert of the Arabian Peninsula, separate the Afrotropic from the Palearctic realm, which includes northern Africa and temperate Eurasia. Sahel and Sudan South of the Sahara, two belts of tropical grassland and savanna run east and west across the continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ethiopian Highlands. Immediately south of the Sahara lies the Sahel belt, a transitional zone of semi-arid short grassland and vachellia sav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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