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Heterocentron elegans

(Heterocentron elegans)

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Description

Rhexia species are herbaceous perennials. Opposite leaves are simple, ovate to lanceolate and have typical acrodromous venation (prominent arcuate nerves) of Melastomataceae. Stems have four faces; one set is broader and convex, the other set is narrower, concave. Flowers are actinomorphic (radially symmetrical), 2-3cm in diameter, pink-purple to white, (yellow in R. lutea), petals 4, sepals 4, stamens 8. Bright yellow anthers are long and curved counterclockwise. Seeds are cochleate (noncochleate in R. alifanus).

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Melastomataceae
Genus:Heterocentron
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