Tibouchina barbigera
| Tibouchina barbigera | |
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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: | Tibouchina |
| Species: | T. barbigera
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| Binomial name | |
| Tibouchina barbigera (Naudin) Baill.[1]
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Tibouchina barbigera is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native from east Bolivia to Brazil.[1] It is a small shrub. It was first described by Naudin in 1850 as Lasiandra barbigera[2] and transferred to Tibouchina by Henri Ernest Baillon in 1877.[3] The type specimen is kept in the herbarium at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[4] A small shrub, T. barbigera is the host to a number of gall-inducing moths.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Tibouchina barbigera (Naudin) Baill.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-05-03
- ^ "Lasiandra barbigera Naudin", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-05-03
- ^ "Tibouchina barbigera Baill.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-05-03
- ^ "Tibouchina barbigera Baill.", Tropicos, retrieved 2017-03-21
- ^ Becker, Vitor O.; Adamski, David (2008), "Three new cecidogenous Palaeomystella Fletcher (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae, Momphinae) associated with Melastomataceae in Brazil", Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 52 (4): 647–657, doi:10.1590/s0085-56262008000400017
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