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Anaheterotis

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Anaheterotis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Anaheterotis
Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit
Species:
A. pobeguinii
Binomial name
Anaheterotis pobeguinii
(Hutch. & Dalziel) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit
Synonyms
  • Dissotis pobeguinii Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Heterotis pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Jacq.-Fél.

Anaheterotis pobeguinii is an herb of the family Melastomataceae, in the monospecific genus Anaheterotis.[1][2] Its species name is an homage to French explorer Charles-Henri Pobéguin[3][4]

Range

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It is distributed in tropical West Africa; endemic to the Woodland savanna of Guinea and Sierra Leone. It grows along rivers at an altitude of 1200–1400 meters.[5]

Description

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It is an erect, unbranched herb, with a pale, simple stem but well-branched terminal inflorescence. The flowers are purple to red. It grows up to 60 cm tall. The plant is a geophyte, growing from a tuberous rootstock. [6][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Anaheterotis Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ^ Marie Claire Veranso-Libalah; Robert Douglas Stone; Augustina G.N. Fongod; Thomas L.P. Couvreur; Gudrun Kadereit (June 2017). "Phylogeny and systematics of African Melastomateae". Taxon. 66 (3 ed.): 584–614. doi:10.12705/663.5.
  3. ^ Broc, Numa (1988). CTHS (ed.). Dictionnaire des Explorateurs français du XIXième siècle (in French). pp. 259–260.
  4. ^ "Kew Royal Botanical Gardens : Herbarium Catalogue : Specimen: K000313170". kew.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique Ville de Genève : Heterotis pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Jacq.-Fél". ville-ge.ch. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Anaheterotis pobeguinii". plantsoftheworldonline.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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