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 | | Image Title: A Flower of Tibouchina semidecandra, | | Image Credit: Susanne Renner, University of Missouri-St. Louis | | AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University | | Intended End User: Teacher, Student | | License Details: BSA - Terms for Image Use | | Copyright held by: BSA, | | For Larger Version (click here) | About the Image | A flower of Tibouchina semidecandra, a well-known ornamental from southeastern Brazil. Tibouchinais a member of the large tropical family Melastomataceae and together with other Melastomeae has been regarded as representing a relatively basal element of the family. Molecular evidence suggests that Tibouchina, Melastoma, Osbeckia, and other Melastomeae represent a derived clade of Melastomataceae that only recently reached Africa and tropical Asia. | | Link to the AJB Abstract for the article: | Molecular phylogenetics of Melastomataceae and Memecylaceae: implications for character evolution |
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