''Fritzschia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Melastomataceae, native to the
Atlantic coastal forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and the ...
of Brazil. They are sprawling or erect shrubs, with their branchlets and their hypanthia coated with either glandular or villose trichomes.
Species
Species accepted by ''
Plants of the World Online
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'' were:
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Fritzschia anisostemon''
Cham.
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Fritzschia furnensis''
R.Romero & M.J.Rocha
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Fritzschia erecta''
Cham.
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Fritzschia integrifolia''
Cham.
Other species in ''Fritzschia'' may include:
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Fritzschia almedae''
A.B.Martins
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Fritzschia atropurpurea''
D.Nunes, M.J.R.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.
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Fritzschia cordifolia''
R.Romero, D.Nunes & M.J.R.Rocha
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Fritzschia edmundoi''
(Brade) M.J.R.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.
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Fritzschia lanceiflora''
(DC.) M.J.R.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.
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Fritzschia recubans''
Glaz.
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Fritzschia rupestris''
R.Pacifico, Almeda & D.Nunes
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Fritzschia sertularia''
(DC.) M.J.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim..
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Fritzschia sessilis''
(Spreng.) M.J.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.
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Fritzschia stenodon''
(Naudin) M.J.Rocha & P.J.F.Guim.
References
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Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae genera