Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1975) Author: G. E. WICKENS
Names
DISSOTIS rotundifolia (Sm.) Triana [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. 28: 58 (1872); Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 7: 369 (1891); Gilg in E.M. 2: 15 (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 754 (1921); T.T.C.L.: 310 (1949); U.O.P.Z.: 234, fig. (1949); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 257, fig. 101 (1954); A. & R. Fernandes in Mem. Soc. Brot. 11: 23, 74 (1956) & in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 34: 184 (1960) & in C.F.A. 4: 143 (1970). Type: Sierra Leone, Afzelius (BM, holo.!)
Osbeckia rotundifolia Sm. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Rees, Cycl. 25, Osbeckia (1822)
Melastoma plumosa D. Don [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 291 (1823). Type: Sierra Leone, Afzelius (BM, holo. !)
Melastoma prostrata Schumach. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 220 (1827) & in Kongel. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Afh. 3: 240 (1828). Type: Ghana, Aquapim, Thonning (C, holo.)
Heterotis plumosa (D. Don) Benth. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Hook., Niger Fl.: 348 (1849)
Heterotis prostrata (Schumach.) Benth. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Hook., Niger Fl.: 349 (1849)
Osbeckia zanzibariensis Naud. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Ann. Sci. Nat., sér. 3, 13: t. 7/5 (1850) & 14: 55 (1850). Type: Zanzibar, Bojer (P, holo., K, iso. !)
Lepidanthemum triplinervum Klotzsch [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb., Bot. 1: 64 (1861). Typo: Mozambique, Boror, Apr. 1846, Peters (B, holo. †)
Dissotis plumosa (D. Don) Hook. f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in F.T.A. 2: 452 (1871)
Dissotis prostrata (Schumach.) Hook. f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in F.T.A. 2: 452 (1871); Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. 28: 58 (1872)
Dissotis rotundifolia (Schumach.) Jacques-Félix var. prostrata [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Adansonia 11: 548 (1971)
Range
DISTR. U2–4; K7; T1, 3, 4, 6–8; Z; P widespread in tropical Africa from Sierra Leone southwards to Angola and extending eastwards through Zaire and E. Africa to Rhodesia and Mozambique; introduced into Malesia and the West Indies
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Majoreni, Nov. 1929, R. M. Graham in F.D. 2189 ! & W. of Ramisi, 9 May 1953, Bally 8898 ! & Shimba Hills, Lango ya Mwagandi [Longom-wagandi] Forest, 14 Nov. 1968, Magogo & Estes 1227 !TANZANIA Tanga District Magunga Estate, 14 Oct. 1952, Faulkner 1055 !TANZANIA Mpanda District Kungwe Mt., Kasoje, 17 July 1959, Newbould & Harley 4431 !TANZANIA Uzaramo District Vikindu Forest Reserve, Feb. 1952, Procter 33 !TANZANIA Zanzibar I., Mkokotoni, 17 Sept. 1960, Faulkner 2712 !TANZANIA Pemba I., Chake Chake, 26 July 1929, Vaughan 405 !UGANDA Bunyoro District Hoima, Feb. 1943, Purseglove 1242 !UGANDA Busoga District Kibibi, 6 Feb. 1953, G. H. Wood 636 !UGANDA Masaka District Bugala I., July 1945, Purseglove 1727 !