Tibouchina nigricans
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| Tibouchina nigricans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Tibouchina |
| Species: | T. nigricans |
| Binomial name | |
| Tibouchina nigricans Cogn. ex P.J.F.Guim., A.L.F.Oliveira & R.Romero[1] | |
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Tibouchina nigricans is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to west-central Brazil.[1] It was first described in 2015 with the name attributed to the earlier botanist Alfred Cogniaux.[2] The type specimens are kept at the Missouri Botanical Gardens and at Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin.[3]