Biology:Tibouchina elegans
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Tibouchina |
| Species: | T. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Tibouchina elegans Cogn.
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Tibouchina elegans (syn. Pleroma elegans Gardner) 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.
References
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892.
External links
- (in Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Tibouchina elegans
Wikidata ☰ Q16969051 entry
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