Pleroma elegans Gardner (1843:350)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Lasiandra elegans (Gardner) Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 159 (1850); Tibouchina elegans (Gardner) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(3): 323 (1885); Lasiandra weddellii Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 151 (1850); Pleroma weddellii (Naudin) Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 42 (1871 publ. 1872); Tibouchina weddellii (Naudin) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(3): 311 (1885); Tibouchina weddellii var. angustifolia Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(3): 312 (1885); Tibouchina weddellii var. parvifolia Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 7: 1175 (1891)

Conservation Status

Last record: 1915 (Guimarães et al., 2020)

Since rediscovered (Guimarães et al., 2020)

Distribution

Serra dos Órgãos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Gardner, G. (1843). Contributions towards a Flora of Brazil. Part II: Plants form the Organ Mountains. London J. Bot. 2: 339-355.

Other references:

de Lima, Renato A. F., Dauby, Gilles, de Gasper, André L., Fernandez, Eduardo P., Vibrans, Alexander C., de Oliveira, Alexandre A., Prado, Paulo I., Souza, Vinícius C., de Siqueira, Marinez F. and ter Steege, Hans. (2024). Comprehensive conservation assessments reveal high extinction risks across Atlantic Forest trees. Science 383(6679): 219-225. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq5099 [Figs. S1-S17, Tables S1-S7; Data S1 to S4]

Paulo José Fernandes Guimarães, Caio Baez, Patrícia Rosa, Gustavo Martinelli, Diego Nunes da Silva. (2020). The importance of rediscovering rare and endemic plants: Two species of Pleroma D.Don (Melastomataceae), an update of conservation status, and improved descriptions. Webbia. Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography 75(2): 293-304. doi:10.36253/jopt-8902

POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 12 October 2024]

Roskov Y. et al. (eds.). (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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