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Pleroma heteromallum, synonyms including Tibouchina grandifolia and Tibouchina heteromalla, [1] known by the common name silverleafed princess flower in English, [2] is a species of evergreen flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is native to French Guiana, Bolivia and Brazil. [1]
The genus Tibouchina was established by Aublet in 1775 in his Flora of French Guiana with the description of a single species, T. aspera, which is thus the type species. [10] [11] In 1885, in his treatment for Flora brasiliensis, Alfred Cogniaux used a broad concept of the genus, transferring into it many of the species at that time placed in Chaetogastra, Diplostegium, Lasiandra, Pleroma and ...
Chaetogastra grossa, synonym Tibouchina grossa, is a species in the Melastomataceae family that is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. [1] It is found between 2400 and 3800 meters in elevation. [2] Also called "red princess flower" or "carmine princess flower" to differentiate it from "princess flower" which has purple blooms. [3] [4]
Pleroma granulosum, synonym Tibouchina granulosa, [1] is a species of tree in the family Melastomataceae. It is also known as purple glory tree or princess flower. [2] It is native to Bolivia and Brazil. Because its purple-flowers bloom for most of the year, this tree is often used for gardening in Brazil, where is known by the name quaresmeira ...
Pleroma raddianum, synonyms including Pleroma pulchrum (Cham.) Triana and Tibouchina pulchra, is a plant species in the family Melastomataceae. [1]It is a pioneer tree species, growing after land degradation, in the Atlantic Rainforest of Sao Paulo State in Brazil, a forest which only 12 percent of original area remains.
Under the synonym Tibouchina urvilleana, Pleroma urvilleanum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2] [6] With a minimum temperature of 3 °C (37 °F), it requires some winter protection, and in temperate areas is often grown in a conservatory. However, it can also be grown outside in a sunny, sheltered spot. [7]
Pleroma semidecandrum, synonym Tibouchina semidecandra, [1] the princess flower, glory bush, or lasiandra, [citation needed] is a flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to southeast Brazil.
Pleroma elegans, synonym Tibouchina elegans, [1] is an ornamental plant in the family Melastomataceae. The plant is endemic to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion in southeastern Brazil . In addition, this plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius .