Dissotis

Dissotis is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae.[1] There are about 49 accepted species (by Kew), which are distributed across most of Africa, except Northern Africa.[2]

Dissotis
Dissotis rotundifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Dissotis
Benth.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Hedusa Raf.
  • Kadalia Raf.
  • Lignieria A.Chev.
  • Osbeckiastrum Naudin
  • Pseudosbeckia A.Fern. & R.Fern.
Dissotis canescens
Dissotis princeps plinerved leaf venation is typical of Melastomataceae

Etymology

The generic name is based on the Greek word dissos, which means 'twofold'.[3] This refers to the two types of anthers that is a characteristic of this genus.

Species

As accepted by Kew;[2]

  • Dissotis alata A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis anchietae A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis aquatica De Wild.
  • Dissotis benguellensis A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis buraeavii (Cogn.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis carrissoi A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis castroi A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis chevalieri Gilg
  • Dissotis congolensis (Cogn. ex Büttner) Jacq.-Fél.
  • Dissotis cordifolia A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis crenulata Cogn.
  • Dissotis cryptantha Baker
  • Dissotis densiflora (Gilg) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis denticulata A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis echinata A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis elegans (Robyns & Lawalrée) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis falcipila Gilg
  • Dissotis formosa A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis gilgiana De Wild.
  • Dissotis glaberrima A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis gossweileri Exell
  • Dissotis grandiflora (Sm.) Benth.
  • Dissotis homblei (De Wild.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis idanreensis Brenan
  • Dissotis lebrunii (Robyns & Lawalrée) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis leonensis Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Dissotis longicaudata Cogn.
  • Dissotis longisepala A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis longisetosa Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.
  • Dissotis louisii Jacq.-Fél.
  • Dissotis pauciflora (Baker) Jacq.-Fél.
  • Dissotis peregrina A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis perkinsiae Gilg
  • Dissotis princeps (Kunth) Triana
  • Dissotis pterocaulos Wickens
  • Dissotis pulchra A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis rhinanthifolia (Brenan) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis riparia Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.
  • Dissotis ruandensis Engl.
  • Dissotis scabra Gilg
  • Dissotis sessili-cordata Wickens
  • Dissotis simonis-jamesii Buscal. & Muschl.
  • Dissotis sizenandoi Cogn.
  • Dissotis speciosa Taub.
  • Dissotis splendens A.Chev. & Jacq.-Fél.
  • Dissotis swynnertonii (Baker f.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.
  • Dissotis thollonii Cogn.
  • Dissotis trothae Gilg
  • Dissotis welwitschii Cogn.

References
  1. Abere, TA; Okoto, PE; Agoreyo, FO (2010). "Antidiarrhoea and toxicological evaluation of the leaf extract of Dissotis rotundifolia Triana (Melastomataceae)". BMC Complement Altern Med. 10: 71. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-10-71. PMC 2994789. PMID 21083876.
  2. "Dissotis Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. , PlantZAfrica, from the D. canescens page.
  • Media related to Dissotis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Dissotis at Wikispecies
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