Sonerila: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Sonerila
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Sonerila
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sonerila
Sonerila is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae. This genus is characterized the by presence of three petals (along with the genera Stussenia and Lithobium) as opposed to five in the other members of the family. Most members of the genus prefer growing in shady habitats. It is a large genus including about 175 species.
This is primarily an Asiatic genus of the tropical and subtropical regions distributed from India and Sri Lanka to the Indo-Pacific. The members of the group are generally herbs or under shrubs, including some stemless members. Leaves opposite, leaf margin entire or serrulate. Inflorescence usually scorpioid cymes. Flowers in most species purple, some members with reddish or white flowers. Stamens 3, (in one whorl) or rarely 6 (in two whorls). Ovary inferior, 3-celled. Many species of this genus have restricted distribution and very small populations and would thus be regarded as Vulnerable (VU) or Endangered (EN) based on IUCN Red List criteria though this taxon has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List.
...Sonerila in languages:
- Chinese
- 蜂鬥草屬
- Thai
- สกุล สาวสนม
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Sonerila anaimudica
- Sonerila annamica
- Sonerila arguta
- Sonerila arnottiana
- Sonerila barnesii
- Sonerila beccariana
- Sonerila bokorense
- Sonerila borneensis
- Sonerila calophylla
- Sonerila cannanorensis
- Sonerila cantonensis
- Sonerila celebica
- Sonerila clarkei
- Sonerila coriacea
- Sonerila devicolamensis
- Sonerila elegans
- Sonerila erecta
- Sonerila gamblei
- Sonerila grandiflora
- Sonerila griffithii
- Sonerila heterophylla
- Sonerila hirtella
- Sonerila impatiens
- Sonerila inaequalis
- Sonerila integrifolia
- Sonerila janakiana
- Sonerila kanniyakumariana
- Sonerila khasiana
- Sonerila longipetiolata
- Sonerila maculata
- Sonerila moluccana
- Sonerila nairii
- Sonerila nudiscapa
- Sonerila obliqua
- Sonerila parameswaranii
- Sonerila parviflora
- Sonerila pedunculosa
- Sonerila pilosula
- Sonerila plagiocardia
- Sonerila pulchella
- Sonerila pulneyensis
- Sonerila pumila
- Sonerila purpurascens
- Sonerila rheedei
- Sonerila robusta
- Sonerila rotundifolia
- Sonerila sadasivanii
- Sonerila sahyadrica
- Sonerila scapigera
- Sonerila silvatica
- Sonerila speciosa
- Sonerila tenuifolia
- Sonerila triflora
- Sonerila vatphouensis
- Sonerila veldkampiana
- Sonerila velutina
- Sonerila versicolor
- Sonerila victoriae
- Sonerila wightiana
- Sonerila wynaadensis
- Sonerila zeylanica































































































































































