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Tibouchina elegans

Tibouchina elegans
Tibouchina elegans - Lemaire.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Tibouchina
Species: T. elegans
Binomial name
Tibouchina elegans
Cogn.

Tibouchina elegans (syn. Pleroma elegans Gardner) is an ornamental plant in the Melastomataceae family.

The plant is endemic to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion in southeastern Brazil.

In addition, this plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.



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