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glory bushes and allies
Tibouchina
Tibouchina is a neotropical flowering plant genus in the family Melastomataceae. Species of this genus are subshrubs, shrubs or small trees and typically have purple flowers. They are native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America where they are found as far south as northern Argentina. Members of this genus are known as glory bushes, glory trees or princess flowers. The name Tibouchina is adapted from a Guianan indigenous name for a member of this genus. A systematic study in 2013 showed that as then circumscribed the genus was paraphyletic, and in 2019 the genus was split into a more narrowly circumscribed Tibouchina, two re-established genera Pleroma and Chaetogastra, and a new genus, Andesanthus.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tibouchina aspera
speciesTibouchina aspera
Tibouchina bipenicillata
speciesTibouchina bipenicillata
Tibouchina papyrus
speciesTibouchina papyrus
Tibouchina aegopogon
speciesTibouchina aegopogon
Tibouchina barbigera
speciesTibouchina barbigera
Tibouchina striphnocalyx
speciesTibouchina striphnocalyx
Tibouchina gardneriana
speciesTibouchina gardneriana
Tibouchina edmundoi
speciesTibouchina edmundoi
Tibouchina verticillaris
speciesTibouchina verticillaris
Tibouchina melastomoides
speciesTibouchina melastomoides
Tibouchina nigricans
speciesTibouchina nigricans
Tibouchina bicolor
speciesTibouchina bicolor
Tibouchina karstenii
speciesTibouchina karstenii
Tibouchina cubensis
speciesTibouchina cubensis
Tibouchina lhotzkyana
speciesTibouchina lhotzkyana
Tibouchina sipapoana
speciesTibouchina sipapoana
Tibouchina catharinae
speciesTibouchina catharinae
Tibouchina dissitiflora
speciesTibouchina dissitiflora
Tibouchina duidae
speciesTibouchina duidae
Tibouchina mathaei
speciesTibouchina mathaei
Tibouchina albescens
speciesTibouchina albescens
Tibouchina llanorum
speciesTibouchina llanorum
Tibouchina benthamiana
speciesTibouchina benthamiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85436.