Tibouchina

Taxobox
name = "Tibouchina"

---

image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Tibouchina semidecandra" at Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Melastomataceae
genus = "Tibouchina"
genus_authority = Aubl.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 350; see text.
Wikispecies|Tibouchina

"Tibouchina" (syn. "Lasiandra" DC.) is a genus of about 350 species of neotropical plants in the family Melastomataceae. They are trees, shrubs or subshrubs growing 0.5-25 m tall, and are known as "glory bushes" or sometimes "glory trees". They are native to rainforests of Mexico, the West Indies, and South America, especially Brazil. The name comes from an adaptation of the native Guiana term for these shrubs.

;Selected species
*"Tibouchina anderssonii"
*"Tibouchina bicolor"
*"Tibouchina campii"
*"Tibouchina clavata"
*"Tibouchina elegans"
*"Tibouchina gaudichaudiana"
*"Tibouchina gleasoniana"
*"Tibouchina grandifolia"
*"Tibouchina granulosa" (Purple Glory Tree, or Quaresmeira in Brazil)
*"Tibouchina heteromalla"
*"Tibouchina holosericea"
*"Tibouchina herbacea"
*"Tibouchina langsdorffiana"
*"Tibouchina laxa"
*"Tibouchina maudhiana"
*"Tibouchina multiflora"
*"Tibouchina oroensis"
*"Tibouchina pulchra"
*"Tibouchina semidecandra"
*"Tibouchina stenoccarpa"
*"Tibouchina urvilleana"
*"Tibouchina viminea"

Cultivation

Several species are cultivated for their large bright flowers. As tropical plants they are rather cold-sensitive, and should be raised in a greenhouse wherever temperatures fall below 8 °C to 10 °C.

Invasive potential

All "Tibouchina" species are considered noxious weeds in HawaiiHawaii Administrative Rules, Title 4 Department of Agriculture, Subtitle 6 Division of Plant Industry, Chapter 68, Noxious Weed Rules ( [http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/adminrules/AR-68.pdf http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/adminrules/AR-68.pdf] , cited 05 February 2007)] because of their high potential for being invasive species."Tibouchina urvilleana": Pacfic Island Ecosystems at Risk project [PIER] data ( [http://www.hear.org/pier/species/tibouchina_herbacea.htm http://www.hear.org/pier/species/tibouchina_herbacea.htm] , accessed 05 February 2007)] Plants of Hawaii reports: "Tibouchina longifolia" ( [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/reports/html/tibouchina_longifolia.htm http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/reports/html/tibouchina_longifolia.htm] , accessed 05 February 2007)] Plants of Hawaii reports: "Tibouchina urvilleana" ( [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/reports/html/tibouchina_urvilleana.htm http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/reports/html/tibouchina_urvilleana.htm] , accessed 05 February 2007)]

References

External links

*pt icon [http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/search?taxon_id=4558 Flora Brasiliensis: "Tibouchina"]