VIRBOGA - Sonerila erecta

Flower and fruits; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Branches with flowers and fruits; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Identifier: 1529
Date of entry: 19.01.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

Order: Myrtales (80)

Family: Melastomataceae (17)(family description)

Genus: Sonerila (2)

Epithet: erecta Jack (8)

erecta => upright, perpendicular

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

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