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Aciotis paludosa

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Species of plant

Aciotis paludosa
(image II - Aciotis Martiana)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Aciotis
Species: A. paludosa
Binomial name
Aciotis paludosa
(Mart. ex DC.) Triana
Synonyms
  • Spennera paludosa Mart. ex DC.
  • Aciotis brachybotrya (DC.) Triana
  • Aciotis brachybotrya var. ferruginea (Naudin) Cogn.
  • Aciotis ferruginea (Naudin) Triana
  • Aciotis latifolia (DC.) Cogn.
  • Aciotis martiana Cogn.
  • Aciotis paludosa var. latifolia (DC.) Triana
  • Aciotis spiritusanctensis Brade
  • Rhexia herbacea Raddi
  • Spennera brachybotrya DC.
  • Spennera ferruginea Naudin
  • Spennera latifolia DC.

Aciotis paludosa is a plant species in the Melastomataceae family, native to Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Peru.

The species was first described as Spennera paludosa in 1828 by Carl von Martius, and was given its current name in 1872 by José Jerónimo Triana who transferred it to his new genus of Aciotis.

It is found in the wet tropical biome.

Description

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius describes it as having:

caule basi radicante angulato hirsuto molliter et rufo hirsutissimo, pube hinde bifarium disposita, foliis breve petiolatis ovatis aentis ciliato-serratis 3-5 nerviis sparse pilosis, cyma subpaniculata abbreviata (??) in sabulosis humidis Brasiliae circa Rio Janeiro.

Etymology

The species epithet, paludosa, implies that it is found in boggy places.

References

  1. "ACIOTIS I. dichotoma. II Martiana". plantillustrations.org.
  2. ^ "Aciotis paludosa". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. ^ Aug. Pyramo de Candolle (1828). "Spennera". Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. 3: 115.
  4. Triana,J.J. (1872). "Aciotis". Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 28: 51.
  5. "paludosus, -a, -um". plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.

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Taxon identifiers
Aciotis paludosa
Spennera paludosa


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