Tibouchina longifolia

Tibouchina longifolia var. longifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Melastomataceae
Subfamilia: Melastomatoideae
Tribus: Melastomeae
Genus: Tibouchina
Sectio: T. sect. Diotanthera
Species: Tibouchina longifolia
Varietates: T. l. var. longifolia – T. l. var. simulans

Name

Tibouchina longifolia (Vahl) Baill. ex Cogn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 14(3): 402(–403). 1885.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Rhexia longifolia Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 1: 39(–40). 1796 [1797].

• Homotypic
  • Tibouchina longifolia Baill., Adansonia 12: 74. 1877, nom. nud. (as T. longifolium)
  • Chaetogastra longifolia (Vahl) DC., Prodr. 3: 132. 1828.
  • Micranthella longifolia (Vahl) Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 13(6): 352. 1850.
  • Pleroma longifolium (Vahl) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 45. 1871 [1872].
  • Tibouchina longifolia (Vahl) Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1(1): 36. 1895, isonym

• Heterotypic
  • Chaetogastra havanensis DC., Prodr. 3: 132. 1828. (as C. Havanensis)
  • Chaetogastra hispida DC., Prodr. 3: 132. 1828.
  • Micranthella hispida (DC.) Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 13(6): 349. 1850.
  • Micranthella havanensis (DC.) Naudin, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 13(6): 352. 1850.
  • Pleroma hispidum (DC.) Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 46. 1871 [1872].
  • Tibouchina bourgaeana Cogn. in Donn.Sm., Bot. Gaz. 16(1): 4. (Jan) 1891. (as Tibouchina Bourgaeana)
  • Tibouchina bourgaeana Cogn., Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 264. (Jun) 1891. (as T. Bourgæana) – Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 30(1): 245. 1891 [1892], isonym (as Tibouchina Bourgaeana)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Northern South America Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North, Brazil West-Central. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cogniaux, A. 1885. Melastomataceae tribus II. Tibouchineae. Index voluminis XIV. partis III. Cols. 205–510, tt. 49–108 in Martius, C.F.P. de (†) & Eichler, A.G. (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis. Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas, Vol. XIV. Pars III, Fasc. XCIV. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 
• Cogniaux, A. 1891. Melastomaceae. In De Candolle, A. & De Candolle, C. (eds.), Monographiae phanerogamarum Prodromi nunc continuatio, nunc revisio, Vol. 7. 1256 pp. G. Masson, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Ordo LXXVI. Melastomaceae. Pp. 99–202 in Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 3, Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 
• Millspaugh, C.F. 1895. Contribution to the flora of Yucatan. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum. Botanical series 1: 1–56, I–VII, tt. I–IV. BHL Reference page. 
• Naudin, C. 1850. Melastomacearum quae in Musaeo Parisiensi continentur monographicae descriptionis et secundum affinitates distributionis tentamen. (Sequentia.) Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 3, 13: 25–39, 126–159, 273–303, 347–362, 14: 53–76, 118–165. BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL BHL Reference page. 
• Triana, J. 1872 ["1871"]. Les Mélastomacées. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 1–188, tt. 1–7. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Almeda, F. 2007. Melastomataceae. Pp. 394–574 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VI, Dicotiledóneas (Haloragaceae–Phytolaccaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-60-3. Reference page. 
• Almeda, F. 2009. 180. Melastomataceae. Pp. 164–338 in Davidse, G., Sousa S., M., Knapp, S. & Chiang, F. (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 4, Parte 1, Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis; The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-607-02-0901-7. Online Reference page. 
• Berry, P.E. 2001. Tibouchina. Pp. 503–512 in Berry, P.E., Gröger, A., Holst, B.K., Morley, T., Michelangeli, F.A., Luckana, N.G., Almeda, F., Renner, S.S., Freire-Fierro, A., Robinson, O.R. & Yatskievych, K., Melastomataceae. In Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6, Liliaceae–Myrsinaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-81-9. Reference page. 
• Macbride, J.F. 1941. Melastomataceae. In Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(4/1): 249–521. BHL Reference page. 
• Triana, J. 1872 ["1871"]. Les Mélastomacées. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 1–188, tt. 1–7. BHL Reference page. 
• Uribe Uribe, L. (†). 1983. Flora de la Real Expedicion Botanica del Nuevo Reino de Granada. Tomo XXXI: Melastomaceas, segunda parte. 71 pp., 53 tt. Ediciones Cultura Hispanica, Madrid. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Wurdack, J.J. 1973. Melastomataceae. In Lasser (ed.), Flora de Venezuela, Vol. VIII(1&2). 819 pp. Instituto Botánico, Dirección de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría, Caracas. Reference page. 
• Wurdack, J.J. 1980. 138. Melastomataceae. In Harling, G. & Sparre, B. (eds.), Flora of Ecuador, No. 13: 1–406. University of Göteborg & Riksmuseum, Stockholm. ISBN 91-546-0281-5. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tibouchina longifolia. Published online. Accessed 22 May 2018.
• GBIF
• GBIF
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tibouchina longifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2018-05-22.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Tibouchina longifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 June 22.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Tibouchina longifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 22 May 2018.
• Tibouchina longifolia in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 22 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Tibouchina longifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 22 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Tibouchina longifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 22 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Tibouchina longifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 22 May 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Tibouchina longifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 22 May 2018.
• Chaetogastra longifolia in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed 22 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: longleaf glorytree

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