Amischotolype

rdf:langString Amischotolype

rdf:langString Hassk., 1863

rdf:langString Amischotolype monosperma in cultivation at the Botanical Garden in Berlin

rdf:langString * Forrestia (A.Rich. 1834 not Raf. 1806)

rdf:langString Amischotolype

rdf:langString Amischotolype glabrata

rdf:langString Amischotolype is a genus of perennial monocotyledonous flowering plants in the Commelinaceae. It is found in Central Africa and from India through Southeast Asia to New Guinea, with the great majority or species found in Asia. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words αμισχος, meaning 'unstalked', and τολυπη, meaning 'tangle'. The genus is characterised by its rather compact inflorescences which are composed on two or more cincinni that pierce through the base of the leaf sheath, and also by its seeds that are embedded in red arils. Flowers are actinomorphic, and anthers release their pollen either through a pore at the tip or slits down the sides. They are typically encountered in forest understories. The closely related genus Porandra, which consists of three Asian species, is considered by Robert Faden, a leading authority on the family, to be "doubtfully distinct" from Amischotolype. Analysis of DNA sequences has shown that Amischotolype is most closely related to the genus Coleotrype, while these two are in turn most closely related to the genus Cyanotis plus its very close relative Belosynapsis. These four genera form a clade that is found only in the Old World, while all of its immediate ancestors are present only in the New World. Species * Duist. - Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra * Duist. - Indochina, Sumatra * Duist. - Assam * Hassk. - Himalayas, southern China, Tibet, Indochina, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, western Indonesia * (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra * (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Turner - Malaya, Riau Islands * (Hallier f.) Duist. - Borneo, Sumatra * (A.Rich.) D.Y.Hong - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea * (Hassk.) H.Hara - Nepal, Bangladesh, Assam, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh * (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Thailand, Sumatra, Malaya * (Merr.) Faden - Borneo, Sulawesi * (Hallier f.) Duist. - Borneo * Duist. - Borneo * (Blume) Hassk - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines * (Blume) Hassk - Java, Sumatra * (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Turner - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo * Duist. - Cameron Highlands of Malaysia * Duist. - Borneo * (Hassk.) Duist. - Java, Sumatra, Maluku * Cowley - Brunei, Sarawak * Duist. - Sumatra * (C.B.Clarke) R.S.Rao - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Zaire * Duist. - Myanmar, Thailand