Aciotis

Aciotis
Aciotis rubricaulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Melastomataceae
Genus:	Aciotis D.Don

Aciotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. The genus was first described in 1823 by David Don. ^{[1] [2]}

There are about 13 species distributed from Mexico to Brazil. ^[3]

Species include: ^[3]

• Aciotis acuminifolia (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
• Aciotis annua (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
• Aciotis aristellata Markgr.
• Aciotis asplundii Wurdack
• Aciotis circaeifolia (Bonpl.) Triana
• Aciotis ferreirana
• Aciotis indecora (Bonpl.) Triana
• Aciotis olivieriana Freire-Fierro
• Aciotis ornata (Miq.) Gleason
• Aciotis paludosa (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
• Aciotis polystachya (Bonpl.) Triana
• Aciotis purpurascens (Aubl.) Triana
• Aciotis rubricaulis (Mart. ex DC.) Triana
• Aciotis viscida (Benth.) Freire-Fierro
• Aciotis wurdackiana Freire-Fierro

References

1. "Aciotis". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2024-12-10.
2. David Don (1823). "Aciotis". Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 4: 300.
3. Freire-Fierro, A. (2002). Monograph of Aciotis (Melastomataceae). Systematic Botany Monographs, 1-99.