Tibouchina melastomoides

Tibouchina melastomoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Brazil.^[1] It was first described in 1850, as Lasiandra melastomoides, by Charles Victor Naudin. The type specimen is kept in Naturhistorisches Museum Wien in Austria.^[2]

Tibouchina melastomoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Melastomataceae
Genus:	Tibouchina
Species:	T. melastomoides
Binomial name
Tibouchina melastomoides (Naudin) Cogn.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Lasiandra melastomoides Naudin Pleroma melastomoides (Naudin) Triana Tibouchina goyazensis Cogn.