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Tibouchina Aubl.

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Tibouchina Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 445-446 (1775)
Tibouchina Aubl.

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Absent
New Zealand
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All taxa previously recorded in New Zealand in this genus have been transferred to other genera

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Aubl.
Aubl.
1775
445-446
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Tibouchina Aubl.
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Tibouchina

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Tibouchina

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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.

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Tibouchina Aubl.
Tibouchina
Tibouchina Aubl.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Tibouchina Aubl.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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cf17d508-ba58-43ff-af46-b9553a4807a7
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1 January 2000
25 September 2015
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