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Tibouchina fraterna

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Species of flowering plant

Tibouchina fraterna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Tibouchina
Species: T. fraterna
Binomial name
Tibouchina fraterna
N.E.Br.

Tibouchina fraterna is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Guyana and south Venezuela. It was first described by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1901. The type specimen is kept in the herbarium at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum. One chromosome count has been done for this species with a gametophytic count of 9.

Two subspecies are recognized:

  • Tibouchina fraterna subsp. fraterna
  • Tibouchina fraterna subsp. paruana Wurdack

References

  1. ^ "Tibouchina fraterna N.E.Br.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-05-05
  2. "Tibouchina fraterna N.E.Br.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-05-05
  3. "Tropicos | Name - Tibouchina fraterna N.E. Br.", Tropicos, retrieved 2017-03-21
  4. Solt, M.L.; Wurdack, J.J. (1980), "Chromosome numbers in the Melastomataceae", Phytologia, 47: 199–220
Taxon identifiers
Tibouchina fraterna


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