Pleroma elegans
| Pleroma elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Pleroma |
| Species: | P. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleroma elegans Gardner[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleroma elegans, synonym Tibouchina elegans,[1] is an ornamental plant in the family Melastomataceae.
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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Growing in the New York Botanical Garden
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Pleroma elegans Gardner". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
External links
[edit]- (in Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Tibouchina elegans
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