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Tibouchina urvilleana - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Tibouchina urvilleana - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Tibouchina urvilleana - Leaf arrangement - Click to enlarge!

Leaf arrangement; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Tibouchina urvilleana - Upper leaf surface - Click to enlarge!

Upper leaf surface; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Tibouchina urvilleana - Lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower side of leaf; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Tibouchina urvilleana - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Tibouchina urvilleana - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 581
Date of entry: 19.06.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Princessflower

German: Glänzende Tibouche

Portuguese: Aranhas, Quaresmeira

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Myrtales (80)

        Family: Melastomataceae (17)(family description)

          Genus: Tibouchina (3)

            Epithet: urvilleana (DC.) Cogn. (1)

urvilleana => in honor of Dumont D'Urville, a French linguist and botanist

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: purple

External links

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