Pleroma elegans

Pleroma elegans, synonym Tibouchina elegans,[1] is an ornamental plant in the family Melastomataceae.

Pleroma elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Pleroma
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Pleroma elegans
Gardner[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Lasiandra elegans (Gardner) Naudin
  • Lasiandra imperatoris Wawra
  • Lasiandra weddellii Naudin
  • Pleroma weddellii (Naudin) Triana
  • Tibouchina elegans (Gardner) Cogn.
  • Tibouchina weddellii (Naudin) Cogn.

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.

  • Growing in the New York Botanical Garden

References
  1. "Pleroma elegans Gardner". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-05-04.


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