Dissotis multiflora Gilg

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Gabon

• Locality

  Gamba Complex : Rabi. Near MAB Plot 11.

• Elevation

  Alt. 20 - 100 m. (66 - 328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -1.9703, 9.8714

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Plants of Gabon
Melastomataceae
Dissotis multiflora (Sm.)Triana
Det. Stephen F. Smith (US) 2002
Gabon: Gamba Complex : Rabi.
1° 58' 13" S x 9° 52' 17" E, Elevation: 20 to 100 m. Roadside of primary forest. Near
MAB Plot 11.
Low herb 0.4 m. Sometimes branching; calyx green with filamental lobes; corolla light
purple with evident darker veins; stamens of 2 types; all filaments greenish yellow below
'knee'; functional? one-sided filaments lavendar above knee with dark purple anthers;
non-functional stamens and their anthers yellow; style whitish-lavender.
BOTANICAL
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
S. F. Smith 1886
with D. A. Bell, H
Bourobou Bourobou, F. J. Mayombo, T. Nzabi
04 Mar 2002
Acc.# 2080132
Funded by Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program, NZP
United States National Herbarium (US), Smithsonian Institution
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