''Pleroma francavillanum'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the family
Melastomataceae, native to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
[ It was first described by ]Alfred Cogniaux
Célestin Alfred Cogniaux (7 April 1841 – 15 April 1916) was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus '' Neocogniauxia'' of orchids is named after him.
In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic ...
in 1885 as ''Tibouchina francavillana''.[
File:Tibouchina francavillana Cogn. - Flickr - Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil (18).jpg
File:Tibouchina francavillana Cogn. - Flickr - Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil (6).jpg, Flower
]
References
francavillanum
Flora of Brazil
Plants described in 1885
Taxa named by Alfred Cogniaux
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