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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 ...
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 mutabile, synonym Tibouchina mutabilis, [2] is an evergreen pioneer tree with an open crown, native to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, mainly at the Serra do Mar zone, in the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, and Santa Catarina. In Brazil, it is named manacá-da-serra. [3] The word "manacá" means "flower" in Tupi-guarani ...
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 .
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.
Chaetogastra gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is native to much of South America, from Venezuela in the north to northeast Argentina in the south. [1] It was first described in 1823 by Aimé Bonpland as Rhexia gracilis. [2] [3] Its synonyms include Tibouchina gracilis. [1]
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]
Tibouchina johnwurdackiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to west central Brazil. [1] It was first described in 1997. [ 2 ] The type specimen is kept in the herbarium at Missouri Botanical Garden .