Biology:Chaetogastra gracilis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Chaetogastra gracilis
Tibouchina gracilis 2.jpg
Growing in Colombia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Chaetogastra
Species:
C. gracilis
Binomial name
Chaetogastra gracilis
Synonyms[1]
  • Chaetogastra fraterna DC.
  • DC. (Bonpl.) Naudin
  • Cogn. Rhexia agrostemma
  • Lasiandra hirsuta Mart. & Schrank ex DC.
  • Chaetogastra strigillosa Naudin
  • Bonpl. Tibouchina gracilis
  • Pleroma gracile (Bonpl.) Cogn.
  • Chaetogastra hirsuta DC.
  • (Bonpl.) A.Gray Pleroma pulchellum
  • Lasiandra gracilis Griseb.
  • Rhexia gracilis Pleroma pulchrum

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]

References

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