Pterolepis glomerata, the false meadowbeauty,[1] is a plant species in the family Melastomataceae. The plant grows in humid grasslands and in gardens. Its distribution is neotropical.
Pterolepis glomerata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: | Pterolepis |
Species: | P. glomerata
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Binomial name | |
Pterolepis glomerata |
References
edit- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pterolepis glomerata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
Further reading
edit- Wurdack, J.J. (1962): Melastomataceae of Santa Catarina. Sellowia 14: 109–217.