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Anisotes
Metarungia pubinervia (synonym of Anisotes pubinervius)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Justicieae
Genus: Anisotes
Nees[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Calasias Raf.
  • Chlamydostachya Mildbr.
  • Danguya Benoist
  • Himantochilus T.Anderson

Anisotes is a genus of Afrotropical plants in the family Acanthaceae. The genus is morphologically similar to Metarungia, from which it differs mainly in the dehiscence of the fruit capsule, and the nature of the placenta.[2] Placentas (with attached retinacula) remain attached to the inner surface of fruit capsules in Anisotes.[3]

They favour sandy ground or tropical to subtropical dry forest. The corolla consists of a two-lipped flower that is orange to red in colour. Four seeds are produced in a woody fruit capsule.[4] Two of the six Madagascar species, A. hygroscopicus and A. venosus, are unique in the genus in having hygroscopic trichomes on their seeds.[5]

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As of December 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

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