''Aciotis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Melastomataceae
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. There are about 13 species distributed from
Mexico
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to
Brazil
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.
[Freire-Fierro, A. (2002)]
Monograph of ''Aciotis'' (Melastomataceae).
''Systematic Botany Monographs'', 1-99.
Species include:
[
* '' Aciotis acuminifolia'' (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
* '' Aciotis annua'' (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
* '' Aciotis aristellata'' Markgr.
* '' Aciotis asplundii'' Wurdack
* '' Aciotis circaeifolia'' (Bonpl.) Triana
*'' Aciotis ferreirana''
* '' Aciotis indecora'' (Bonpl.) Triana
* '' Aciotis oliveriana'' Freire-Fierro
* '' Aciotis ornata'' (Miq.) Gleason
* '' Aciotis paludosa'' (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
* '' Aciotis polystachya'' (Bonpl.) Triana
* '' Aciotis purpurascens'' (Aubl.) Triana
* '' Aciotis rubricaulis'' (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
* '' Aciotis viscida'' (Benth.) Freire-Fierro
* '' Aciotis wurdackiana'' Freire-Fierro
]
References
Melastomataceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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