''Tibouchina bruniana'' is a
species of
flowering plant in the family
Melastomataceae, native to
Brazil.
[ It was first described in 2014.][ Distinguishing characteristics of ''Tibouchina bruniana'' are the solitary flowers (occasionally in ]dichasia
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
) and the small leaves (less than 2.5 cm long). The anthers have long, simple trichomes which led to this species being placed in the section ''Barbigerae''. This shrub is found in ''cerrado'' vegetation, growing in compacted soil and in swampy areas at around 1,100 metres. The species is only known from one population growing close to a nickel mine in the Brazilian state of Goiás.[
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References
bruniana
Flora of Brazil
Plants described in 2014
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