5659.000 Dissotis Benth.

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.

Zambia: 25 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Pseudargynnis hegemone (False Fritillary)

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
anchietae A. Fern. & R. Fern.	N	N
brazzae Cogn.	N,W	Nw,Lp
caloneura Gilg ex Engl. var. caloneura	N	N
caloneura Gilg ex Engl. var. pilosa A.Fern. & R.Fern. [DD]	W,C	Cb,C
congolensis (Cogn. ex Büttner) Jacq.-Fél.	W	Nw
cryptantha Baker f.	N	N
denticulata A. Fern. & R. Fern. [NrEnd]	N,C	Lp,N,C	Description
falcipila Gilg	B,N,W	Nw,Lp,N
gilgiana De Wild.	W	Nw
glandulosa A. Fern. & R. Fern. [DD]	W	Nw
hensii Cogn.	W	Nw	Description, Image
lanata A. & R. Fernandes[NrEnd]	N	Mc	Description, Image
littorale Benth.	N		Description
macrocarpa Gilg	N		Description
melleri Hook. f. var. greenwayi (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) A.Fern. & R.Fern.	E	Mc
melleri Hook. f. var. melleri	N,S	Mc	Description, Image
pachytricha Gilg ex R.E. Fr.	N	N
peregrina A. Fern. & R. Fern. [NrEnd]	N	Lp	Description
princeps (Kunth) Triana var. princeps	N,C,E	N,E,C	Description, Image
princeps (Kunth) Triana var. candolleana (Cogn.) A. & R. Fern.	W,C,E	Nw,Mc,Lk,W	Description, Image
romiana De Wild. [NrEnd?]	N,W	Nw,N	Description
simonis-jamesii Buscal. & Muschl.[NrEnd][LR-lc]	N	N	Description, Image
speciosa Taub.	N,E	N,Mc
trothae Gilg	N	N
welwitschii Cogn.	N	N	Description, Image

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Flora of the DRC: Dissotis
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Flora of Mozambique: Dissotis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dissotis

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