Tibouchina
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Tibouchina (syn. Lasiandra DC.) is a genus of about 350 species of neotropical plants in the family Melastomataceae. They are trees, shrubs or subshrubs growing 0.5-25 m tall, and are known as "glory bushes" or sometimes "glory trees". They are native to rainforests of Mexico, the West Indies, and South America, especially Brazil. The name comes from an adaptation of the native Guiana term for these shrubs.
- Selected species
- Tibouchina benthamiana
- Tibouchina bicolor
- Tibouchina clavata
- Tibouchina elegans
- Tibouchina gaudichaudiana
- Tibouchina gayana
- Tibouchina grandifolia
- Tibouchina granulosa (Purple Glory Tree, or Quaresmeira in Brazil)
- Tibouchina heteromalla
- Tibouchina holosericea
- Tibouchina langsdorffiana
- Tibouchina laxa
- Tibouchina maudhiana
- Tibouchina multiflora
- Tibouchina organensis
- Tibouchina semidecandra
- Tibouchina stenoccarpa
- Tibouchina urvilleana (syn. = T. semidecandra)
- Tibouchina viminea
[edit] Cultivation
Several species are cultivated for their large bright flowers. As tropical plants they are rather cold-sensitive, and should be raised in a greenhouse wherever temperatures fall below 8 °C to 10 °C.
Several Tibouchina species are considered noxious weeds in Hawai‘i.
[edit] External links
- (Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Tibouchina
