Biology:Anaheterotis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Anaheterotis Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit |
| Species: | A. pobeguinii
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| Anaheterotis pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit
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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]
References
- ↑ "Anaheterotis Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77164771-1.
- ↑ 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: 584–614. doi:10.12705/663.5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318022810.
- ↑ Broc, Numa (1988). CTHS. ed (in fr). Dictionnaire des Explorateurs français du XIXième siècle. pp. 259–260.
- ↑ "Kew Royal Botanical Gardens : Herbarium Catalogue : Specimen: K000313170". http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000313170.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique Ville de Genève : Heterotis pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Jacq.-Fél.". http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=19115.
- ↑ "Anaheterotis pobeguinii". https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77164772-1.
External links
- "Dissotis pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel)", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100457964?projectid=0
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