''Antherotoma'' is a genus of
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 th ...
s belonging to the family
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, sh ...
.
Its native range is Tropical and Southern Africa,
Comoros
The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...
, Madagascar.
Species:
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Antherotoma angustifolia''
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Antherotoma clandestina''
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Antherotoma debilis''
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Antherotoma densiflora''
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Antherotoma gracilis''
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Antherotoma irvingiana''
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Antherotoma naudinii''
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Antherotoma senegambiensis''
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Antherotoma tenuis''
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Antherotoma tisserantii''
References
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Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae genera