| Anaheterotis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Anaheterotis pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anaheterotis pobeguinii is an herb of the family Melastomataceae, in the monospecific genus Anaheterotis. Its species name is an homage to French explorer Charles-Henri Pobéguin
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.
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.
References
- Cheek, M.; Haba, P. (2014). "Anaheterotis pobeguinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T15368391A15368394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T15368391A15368394.en. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- "Anaheterotis Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- 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 (3 ed.): 584–614. doi:10.12705/663.5.
- Broc, Numa (1988). CTHS (ed.). Dictionnaire des Explorateurs français du XIXième siècle (in French). pp. 259–260.
- "Kew Royal Botanical Gardens : Herbarium Catalogue : Specimen: K000313170". kew.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique Ville de Genève : Heterotis pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Jacq.-Fél". ville-ge.ch. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Anaheterotis pobeguinii". plantsoftheworldonline.org. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
- "Anaheterotis pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Ver.-Lib. & G. Kadereit". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Dissotis pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel)". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Anaheterotis | |
| Anaheterotis pobeguinii | |
| Dissotis pobeguinii | |