Pleroma urvilleanum

Pleroma urvilleanum

Pleroma urvilleanum

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: Melastomateae
Genus: Pleroma
Species: Pleroma urvilleanum

Name

Pleroma urvilleanum (DC.) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang., Taxon 68(5): 991 (2019)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lasiandra urvilleana DC., Prodr. (Candolle) 3: 130. 1828.
• Homotypic
  • Tibouchina urvilleana (DC.) Cogn., 1885.
    • Type-protologue: Brazil. d'Urville/Gaudichaud 242. T: B.
• Heterotypic
  • Tibouchina urvilleana var. glandulifera Wurdack, Sellowia no. 14: 122. 1962.
  • Lasiandra macrantha Vuk. in Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. 27: 212 (1874)
  • Lasiandra macrantha grandiflora J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies in Nursery Cat. (Duncan & Davies) 1925: 13 (1925)
  • Lasiandra macrantha rosea J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies in Nursery Cat. (Duncan & Davies) 1925: vii (1925)
  • Tibouchina paulistana Hoehne in Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1: 70 (1922)
  • Tibouchina urceolaris var. papillosa Hoehne in Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1: 79 (1922)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America ^* Regional: Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Introduced into: Azores, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Madeira, Nicaragua, Samoa, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Guimarães, P.J.F., Michelangeli, F.A., Sosa, K. & de Santiago Gómez, J.R. 2019. Systematics of Tibouchina and allies (Melastomataceae: Melastomateae): A new taxonomic classification. Taxon 68(5): 937-1002. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12151 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pleroma urvilleanum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pleroma urvilleanum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pleroma urvilleanum. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Princess-flower

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