Pleroma urvilleanum
Species of flowering plant
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Pleroma urvilleanum, synonym Tibouchina urvilleana,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Brazil.
| Pleroma urvilleanum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Pleroma |
| Species: | P. urvilleanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleroma urvilleanum (DC.) P.J.F.Guim. & Michelang.[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Common names include:
The specific epithet urvilleanum commemorates the 19th-century French explorer and botanist Jules Dumont d'Urville.[4]
Description
Cultivation
Under the synonym Tibouchina urvilleana, Pleroma urvilleanum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2][6]
With a minimum temperature of 3 °C (37 °F), it requires some winter protection, and in temperate areas is often grown in a conservatory. However, it can also be grown outside in a sunny, sheltered spot.[7] Plants are best grown in acidic and well-drained soils and spread by suckers. It can be trained as a vine and grown on a trellis.[8]
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