Tibouchina fraterna

Species of flowering plant

Tibouchina fraterna

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Myrtales
Family:  | Melastomataceae
Genus:  | Tibouchina
Species:  |

T. fraterna

Binomial name
Tibouchina fraterna

N.E.Br.[1]

Tibouchina fraterna is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Guyana and south Venezuela.[1] It was first described by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1901.[2] The type specimen is kept in the herbarium at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum.[3] One chromosome count has been done for this species with a gametophytic count of 9.[4]

Two subspecies are recognized:[1]

* Tibouchina fraterna subsp. fraterna
* Tibouchina fraterna subsp. paruana Wurdack

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Tibouchina fraterna N.E.Br.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-05-05
2. ^ "Tibouchina fraterna N.E.Br.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-05-05
3. ^ "Tropicos | Name - Tibouchina fraterna N.E. Br.", Tropicos, retrieved 2017-03-21
4. ^ Solt, M.L.; Wurdack, J.J. (1980), "Chromosome numbers in the Melastomataceae", Phytologia, 47: 199–220

Taxon identifiers

Tibouchina fraterna|

* Wikidata: Q15401022
* CoL: 7BZJT
* EoL: 8700904
* GBIF: 3862886
* IPNI: 253093-2
* NCBI: 1160646
* Observation.org: 339937
* Open Tree of Life: 754729
* Plant List: tro-20300248
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:253093-2
* Tropicos: 20300248
* WFO: wfo-0001078909

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