Tibouchina Aubl.
Details
Biostatus
Absent
New Zealand
Political Region
All taxa previously recorded in New Zealand in this genus have been transferred to other genera
Nomenclature
Aubl.
Aubl.
1775
445-446
ICN
Tibouchina Aubl.
genus
Tibouchina
Classification
Subordinates
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Tibouchina Aubl.
Small to medium-sized trees, shrubs, subshrubs, more rarely herbs or climbers, generally hirsute or hispid. Lvs petiolate; lamina with 3-7 longitudinal veins, the outermost close to the entire margins. Infl. a terminal panicle or fls solitary. Calyx hirsute to hispid, 5-lobed. Petals 5, generally rather large, violet or purple, usually obovate. Stamens 10, equal or unequal; connective without appendages or with 2 lobes or tubercles at base. Ovary 5-locular, free or adnate to calyx, with apex hispid or hirsute. Fr. a capsule enclosed by persistent calyx tube.
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
Collections
Metadata
cf17d508-ba58-43ff-af46-b9553a4807a7
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 September 2015