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5659.000 Dissotis
PSEUDOSBECKIA A. & R. Fern.
Description of the genus
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. Mozambique: 7 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| cryptantha Baker f. | N,Z | |
| johnstoniana Baker f. var. johnstoniana [NrEnd] | Z | Description, Image |
| melleri Hook. f. var. melleri | N,T | Description, Image |
| princeps (Kunth) Triana var. princeps | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| princeps (Kunth) Triana var. candolleana (Cogn.) A. & R. Fern. | Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| pulchra A. Fern. & R. Fern.[NrEnd] | MS | Description, Image |
| swynnertonii (Baker f.) A. Fern. & R. Fern.[NrEnd][LR-nt] | MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Dissotis:
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Flora of Botswana: DissotisFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Dissotis
Flora of Malawi: Dissotis
Flora of Zambia: Dissotis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dissotis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): DissotisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dissotis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dissotis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dissotis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Dissotis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dissotis
JSTOR Plant Science: Dissotis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dissotis
Plants of the World Online: Dissotis
Tropicos: Dissotis
Wikipedia: Dissotis
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