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Chaetogastra
''Chaetogastra'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. Its native range is South America and North America. It contains around 115 species. Description Species of ''Chaetogastra'' are herbs, subshrubs, shrubs or small trees. Their leaves are opposite and have petioles. The inflorescence is a terminal panicle or some modification of one. The flowers are hypogynous, with a bell-shaped hypanthium (base of the flower), usually very hairy (pubescent) on the outside. There are four or five petals, usually dark lilac to purple, more rarely white, yellow or deep red. There are eight or ten stamens which may be all the same or in two series of different sizes. The connectives at the base of the anthers are prolonged, with two ventral lobes. The numerous seeds are borne in a dry, semiwoody capsule, and are more-or-less spiral (cochleate) in shape. Taxonomy The genus ''Chaetogastra'' was established by Augustin de Candolle in 1828. In 1885, in his treatme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibouchina
''Tibouchina'' "Tibouchina." Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. Merriam Webster, 1961. is a neotropical flowering plant genus in the family Melastomataceae. Species of this genus are subshrubs, shrubs or small trees and typically have purple flowers. They are native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America where they are found as far south as northern Argentina. Members of this genus are known as glory bushes, glory trees or princess flowers. The name ''Tibouchina'' is adapted from a Guianan indigenous name for a member of this genus. A systematic study in 2013 showed that as then circumscribed the genus was paraphyletic, and in 2019 the genus was split into a more narrowly circumscribed ''Tibouchina'', two re-established genera ''Pleroma'' and '' Chaetogastra'', and a new genus, ''Andesanthus''. Description ''Tibouchina'' species are subshrubs, shrubs or small trees. Their leaves are opposite, usually with petioles, and ofte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaetogastra Mollis
''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 A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ... include ''Tibouchina mollis''. File:Micranthella_candollei_90-5455.jpg, Botanical illustration (as ''Micranthella candollei'') References mollis Flora of Colombia Flora of Ecuador Flora of Peru Plants described in 1808 {{Melastomataceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andesanthus
''Andesanthus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. The genus was established in 2019 for some species formerly placed in ''Tibouchina''. Some species are cultivated as ornamental shrubs or trees. Description Species of ''Andesanthus'' are trees between 5 and 20 m tall at maturity or shrubs 1–3 m tall. Their leaves are opposite and Petiole (botany), petiolate (stalked). The inflorescence is a terminal panicle or some modification of a panicle. The flowers are Ovary (botany)#Perigynous, perigynous with a bell- or urn-shaped hypanthium, externally covered with many soft hairs (pubescent) in most species. The flowers have five free petals, which are pink, purple, magenta or white in colour, or initially magenta or rose-red fading to lavender with age. Flowers have ten stamens, either all the same size or in two distinct sizes. The connective at the base of the anther of the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaetogastra Anderssonii
''Chaetogastra anderssonii'', synonym ''Tibouchina anderssonii'', is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain .... References anderssonii Endemic flora of Ecuador Endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Melastomataceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleroma (plant)
''Pleroma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native from Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands to tropical South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru and Venezuela). Description Species of ''Pleroma'' are subshrubs, shrubs or trees. Their leaves are almost always opposite and petiolate, rarely sessile. The inflorescence is a terminal panicle or some modification of one. The flowers are perigynous with a bell- or urn-shaped hypanthium (base of the flower), usually externally covered with short, soft hairs (pubescent). There are usually five petals (sometimes four), purple to lilac, rarely white. The flowers have ten stamens (sometimes eight), often of two distinct sizes, with purple or pink anthers. The connective at the base of an anther is modified into a ventral bilobed appendage. The numerous seeds are contained in a dry semiwoody capsule and are spiral in shape, possibly elongated. Taxonomy The genus ''Pleroma'' was est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae () is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees. Description The leaves of melastomes are somewhat distinctive, being opposite, decussate, and usually with 3-7 longitudinal veins arising either from the base of the blade, plinerved (inner veins diverging above base of blade), or pinnately nerved with three or more pairs of primary veins diverging from the mid-vein at successive points above the base. Flowers are perfect, and borne either singly or in terminal or axillary, paniculate cymes. Ecology A number of melastomes are regarded as invasive species once naturalized in tropical and subtropical environments outside their normal range. Examples are Koster's curse (''Clidemia hirta''), '' Pleroma semidecandrum'' and '' Miconia calvescens'', but many othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
