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Taxon: Tibouchina granulosa (Desr.) Cogn.

Genus: Tibouchina
Family: Melastomataceae.
Nomen number: 36643
Place of publication: C. F. P. von Martius, Fl. bras. 14(3):340. 1885
Name verified on: 15-Nov-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 15-Nov-2010
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:


Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil - Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana.
  • Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  • Guimarães, P. J. F. & A. B. Martins. 1997. Tibouchina sect. Pleroma (D. Don) Cogn. (Melastomataceae) no estado de São Paulo. Revista Brasil. Bot. 20:19–22.
  • Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
  • Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
  • Wanderley, M. G. L., ed. 2001–. Flora fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo.
  • Wurdack, J. J. 1967. The cultivated glorybushes, Tibouchina (Melastomataceae). Baileya 15:5.
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Tibouchina granulosa (Desr.) Cogn.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?36643 (19 June 2013)

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