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Tibouchina Stenoccarpa
''Tibouchina'' "Tibouchina." Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. Merriam Webster, 1961. is a neotropical flowering plant genus in the family Melastomataceae. Species of this genus are subshrubs, shrubs or small trees and typically have purple flowers. They are native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America where they are found as far south as northern Argentina. Members of this genus are known as glory bushes, glory trees or princess flowers. The name ''Tibouchina'' is adapted from a Guianan indigenous name for a member of this genus. A systematic study in 2013 showed that as then circumscribed the genus was paraphyletic, and in 2019 the genus was split into a more narrowly circumscribed ''Tibouchina'', two re-established genera '' Pleroma'' and ''Chaetogastra'', and a new genus, ''Andesanthus''. Description ''Tibouchina'' species are subshrubs, shrubs or small trees. Their leaves are opposite, usually with petioles, and often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibouchina Papyrus
''Tibouchina papyrus'' Toledo was described in 1952. ''Tibouchina papyrus'' is a narrow endemic to the ''campos rupestres'' and is mainly found in three localities in the states of Goiás and Tocantins in central Brazil, including the Serra da Natividade. Abreu ''et al''. found that ''T. papyrus'' is a habitat-specialist on rocky outcrop ''cerrado'' which typically has shallow substrate and uneven topography, with sandstone soils and quartzite outcrops. This species has been collected at elevations between 500 metres and 1,100 metres. ''T. papyrus'' is listed as Vulnerable species, vulnerable by the IUCN. ''Tibouchina'' ''papyrus'' is locally known as “pau-papel”. The flowers of ''T. papyrus'' are Buzz pollination, buzz pollinated by large bees in the genera ''Xylocopa'', ''Bombus'' and ''Centris'', and the seeds are wind dispersed (autochory). Flowers have higher fruit production when cross-pollinated although they are not self-incompatible and can produce low numbers of frui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |