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Dictyospermum
Sign in to saveDictyospermum is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1853. It is native to Tropical Asia. They have only three fertile stamens, middle one inserted opposite petal.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderCommelinales
- FamilyCommelinaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 57
- With media
- 55
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Collections
- US, NY
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan
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Dictyospermum is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1853. It is native to Tropical Asia. They have only three fertile stamens, middle one inserted opposite petal. Species Dictyospermum conspicuum (Blume) Hassk. - from Southern China to Southeast Asia Dictyospermum humile Faden - New Guinea Dictyospermum montanum Benth. - India + Sri Lanka Dictyospermum ovalifolium Benth. - India Dictyospermum ovatum Benth. - from India to Southeast Asia
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dictyospermum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.