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Genus: Tibouchina (glory bushes, glory trees)
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> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid
II > Order: Myrtales > Family:
Melastomataceae
About 350 species, native to Mexico, Central and South
America (especially Brazil), and the West Indies. Eight species are cultivated
in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Tibouchina granulosa (Glory bush
tree)
Native to Brazil. |
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Tibouchina heteromalla
Native to Brazil. |
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Tibouchina laxa
Native to Ecuador and Peru. |
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Tibouchina organensis
Native to Brazil. |
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Tibouchina pulchra
Native to Brazil. |
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Tibouchina stenocarpa
Native to Brazil. |
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Tibouchina urvilleana (Glory
bush)
Native to Brazil. |
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Tibouchina elegans
Native to Brazil. |
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