Biology:Aciotis

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Aciotis
Aciotis rubricaulis 2.jpg
Aciotis rubricaulis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Aciotis
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Aciotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 13 species distributed from Mexico to Brazil .[1]

Species include:[1]

  • Aciotis acuminifolia (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
  • Aciotis annua (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
  • Aciotis aristellata Markgr.
  • Aciotis asplundii Wurdack
  • Aciotis circaeifolia (Bonpl.) Triana
  • Aciotis ferreirana
  • Aciotis indecora (Bonpl.) Triana
  • Aciotis oliveriana Freire-Fierro
  • Aciotis ornata (Miq.) Gleason
  • Aciotis paludosa (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
  • Aciotis polystachya (Bonpl.) Triana
  • Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana
  • Aciotis rubricaulis (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
  • Aciotis viscida (Benth.) Freire-Fierro
  • Aciotis wurdackiana Freire-Fierro

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Freire-Fierro, A. (2002). Monograph of Aciotis (Melastomataceae). Systematic Botany Monographs, 1-99.

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