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Chaetogastra mollis

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Species of flowering plant

Chaetogastra mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Chaetogastra
Species: C. mollis
Binomial name
Chaetogastra mollis
(Bonpl.) DC.)
Synonyms
  • Micranthella candollei Naudin
  • Pleroma exappendiculatum Triana
  • Rhexia mollis Bonpl.
  • Tibouchina inappendiculata Baill.
  • Tibouchina mollis (Bonpl.) Cogn.

Chaetogastra mollis is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to western South America (Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). It was first described by Aimé Bonpland as Rhexia mollis in part of Monographia Melastomacearum, volume 2, published in 1808. Its synonyms include Tibouchina mollis.

  • Botanical illustration (as Micranthella candollei) Botanical illustration (as Micranthella candollei)

References

  1. ^ "Chaetogastra mollis (Bonpl.) DC.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-05-12
  2. ^ "Chaetogastra mollis (Bonpl.) DC.", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2022-05-08
  3. ^ "Chaetogastra mollis", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-05-09
Taxon identifiers
Chaetogastra mollis
Tibouchina mollis
Rhexia mollis


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