Biology:Anaheterotis

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Anaheterotis
Dissotis pobeguinii-NMNH-14211737.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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

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

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]

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