''Chaetogastra herbacea'',
synonym
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''Tibouchina herbacea'', is a
species of
flowering plant in the family
Melastomataceae, native to southern
Brazil and north-eastern
Argentina. It has been introduced to Hawaii.
[ It was first described, as ''Arthrostemma herbaceum'', by Augustin de Candolle in 1828.][
File:Starr-140909-4890-Tibouchina herbacea-flowering habit with Forest-Wailua-Maui (25246035765).jpg, Naturalized in Hawaii
File:Starr 040713-0110 Tibouchina herbacea.jpg, Habit
File:Tibouchina heracea (16908946597).jpg, Flowers
]
References
herbaceae
Flora of Argentina
Flora of Brazil
Plants described in 1828
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