Biology:Tibouchina fraterna

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tibouchina fraterna
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Tibouchina
Species:
T. fraterna
Binomial name
Tibouchina fraterna
N.E.Br.[1]

Tibouchina fraterna is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Guyana and south Venezuela.[1] It was first described by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1901.[2] The type specimen is kept in the herbarium at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum.[3] One chromosome count has been done for this species with a gametophytic count of 9.[4]

Two subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • Tibouchina fraterna subsp. fraterna
  • Tibouchina fraterna subsp. paruana Wurdack

References

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