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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.
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]
The authors proposed a split into four genera: a more narrowly circumscribed Tibouchina, two re-established genera Pleroma and Chaetogastra, and a new genus, Andesanthus. The part of their maximum likelihood cladogram which includes former Tibouchina species is as follows, [ 3 ] using their genus names and with shading added to show the ...
Pleroma semidecandrum (syn. Tibouchina semidecandra) Pleroma urvilleanum (syn. Tibouchina urvilleana This page was last edited on 4 May 2022 ...
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 ...
Characteristic venation of many melastomes Osbeckia muralis in Kerala. Melastomataceae (/ m ɛ l ə s t oʊ m ɑː ˈ t eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species.
The genus Chaetogastra was established by Augustin de Candolle in 1828. [3] In 1885, in his treatment for Flora brasiliensis, Alfred Cogniaux used a broad concept of the genus Tibouchina, transferring into it species at that time placed in many other genera, including Chaetogastra.