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Tibouchina bruniana is a small shrub from Brazilian cerrado, known from a single population near a nickel mine in Goiás. It is a rare species with little cultivation history, so most care guidance comes from its genus.
Tibouchina bruniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Brazil. It was first described in 2014. Distinguishing characteristics of Tibouchina bruniana are the solitary flowers (occasionally in dichasia) and the small leaves (less than 2.5 cm long). The anthers have long, simple trichomes which led to this species being placed in the section Barbigerae. This shrub is found in cerrado vegetation, growing in compacted soil and in swampy areas at around 1,100 metres. The species is only known from one population growing close to a nickel mine in the Brazilian state of Goiás.
Tibouchina albescens · Tibouchina araguaiensis · Tibouchina aspera · Tibouchina catharinae · Tibouchina dissitiflora · Tibouchina duidae · Tibouchina edmundoi · Tibouchina fraterna · Tibouchina johnwurdackiana · Tibouchina karstenii · Tibouchina llanorum · Tibouchina mathaei
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tibouchina bruniana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
