Pleroma virgatum Gardner (1843:350)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Lasiandra virgata (Gardner) Naudin in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 13: 159 (1850); Tibouchina virgata (Gardner) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(3): 365 (1885); Tibouchina nervulosa Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(3): 315 (1885); Tibouchina nervulosa var. glabrata Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 7: 209 (1891); Tibouchina nervulosa var. ovata Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 7: 209 (1891); Tibouchina aspericaulis Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 7: 209 (1891)

Conservation Status

Last collection: 1941 (Guimarães et al., 2020)

Since rediscovered (Guimarães et al., 2020)

Distribution

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:

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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