9; see text Dissotis is a genus of plants in the family Melastomataceae.

[2] It includes nine species of annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees which are native to tropical Africa.

[1] The generic name is based on the Greek word dissos, which means 'twofold'.

Macrocarpae), Pyrotis (for D. gilgiana) and Rosettea (for former sect.

Squamulosae) – or into the existing or revived genera Antherotoma, Derosiphia, and Nerophila.