Pleroma elegans, synonym Tibouchina elegans,[1] is an ornamental plant in the family Melastomataceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Pleroma |
| Species: | P. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleroma elegans Gardner[1]
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The plant is endemic to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion in southeastern Brazil.
In addition, this plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
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Growing in the New York Botanical Garden
References
edit- ^ a b c "Pleroma elegans Gardner". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
External links
edit- (in Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Tibouchina elegans
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