Description
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Small trees, shrubs or annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers 4-5(-6)-merous. Sepals persistent or caducous; intersepalar segments present, rarely 0. Petals obovate, rose, mauve, purple or violet, rarely white or orange. Stamens 8-10(-12). Ovary 4-5-locular. Capsule
4-5-valved. Seeds minutely cochleate, very numerous.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dissotis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1018
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Dissotis: Brief Summary
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Dissotis canescens
Dissotis princeps plinerved leaf venation is typical of Melastomataceae
Dissotis is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 49 accepted species (by Kew), which are distributed across most of Africa, except Northern Africa.
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