Melastomataceae
Heterotis

Heterotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Jacq.-Fél.

First published in Adansonia, n.s., 20: 417 (1981)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Hawaii, India, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
  • Welsh, S.L. (1998). Flora Societensis: 1-420. E.P.S. Inc. Utah.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 9, 2022 Balde, A.; Konomou, G. [933] Guinea K001310704 Yes
Cable, S.; Gosline, G.; Nawenya, A.; Songwe; Feked [2323] Cameroon K001310767 Yes
Konomou, G. [632] Guinea K001310314 Yes
Kami, E.; Cheek, M.; Mbela, J-C. [4198] Congo, Republic of the K000518748 Yes
Alvarez, M. [34] Cameroon K001310318 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Ryan, P. [335] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000197687 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Cable, S. [2702] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000197684 Yes
Nov 1, 2003 Lane, P. [379] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000197685 No
Nov 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2443] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000197686 Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Dawson, S. [35] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050228 Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Keay, R.W.J. [22569] Nigeria Dissotis rotundifolia K000313157 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Keay, R.W.J. [22569] Nigeria Dissotis rotundifolia K000313153 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Morton, J.K. [6733] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050229 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Metcalfe, C.R. [66] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050234 Yes
Migeod, F., W. H. [7] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050236 Yes
Dunlap [14] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050237 Yes
Faulkner, H. [987] Tanzania Dissotis rotundifolia K:SPC-10579.000 No
Nguembock [50] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K001418635 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [2142] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050227 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [35a] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050232 Yes
Fraser, P. [1011] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000609865 Yes
Ejiofor, M.C. [FHI 29373] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050230 Yes
Dissotis rotundifolia K:SPC-41046.000 No
Dunlap [162] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050235 Yes
Ujor, E.U. [FHI 30485] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050231 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Metcalfe, C.R. [66] Cameroon Dissotis rotundifolia K000050233 Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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