Chaetogastra clinopodifolia DC. is a plant in the Melastomataceae family, order Myrtales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Chaetogastra clinopodifolia DC. (Chaetogastra clinopodifolia DC.)
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Chaetogastra clinopodifolia DC.

Chaetogastra clinopodifolia DC.

Chaetogastra clinopodifolia is a flowering plant in Melastomataceae, native to south and southeastern Brazil.

Genus
Chaetogastra
Order
Myrtales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Chaetogastra clinopodifolia DC.

Chaetogastra clinopodifolia DC. is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the family Melastomataceae. This species is native to the south and southeastern regions of Brazil. It was first formally described by botanist Augustin de Candolle in 1828. A widely known synonym for this species is Tibouchina clinopodifolia.

Photo: (c) Liu Idárraga Orozco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Liu Idárraga Orozco · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Myrtales Melastomataceae Chaetogastra

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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