Biology:Trembleya

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Trembleya
Trembleya parviflora - Jardim Botânico de São Paulo - IMG 0232.jpg
A specimen of Trembleya parviflora in the Museu Botânico
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Trembleya
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Trembleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1]

It is native to Brazil in South America.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Trembleya rubra R.B.Pacifico & Fidanza
  • Trembleya altoparaisensis R.B.Pacifico, Almeda & Fidanza
  • Trembleya calycina Cham.
  • Trembleya chamissoana Naudin
  • (Cogn.) Almeda & A.B.Martins Wurdack & E.Martins
  • Fidanza, A.B.Martins & Almeda Naudin
  • Naudin Cham.
  • Fidanza, A.B.Martins & Almeda R.B.Pacifico & Fidanza
  • Trembleya tridentata Trembleya parviflora
  • Trembleya phlogiformis Trembleya rosmarinoides
  • Trembleya serrulata Naudin
  • Trembleya elegans Trembleya hatschbachii
  • Trembleya inversa Trembleya neopyrenaica
  • (D.Don) Cogn. DC.
  • DC. Fidanza, A.B.Martins & Almeda
  • Trembleya acuminata Trembleya pentagona
  • Trembleya pithyoides Trembleya thomazii

The genus name of Trembleya is in honour of Abraham Trembley (1710–1784) a Genevan naturalist, Jean Trembley (1704–1785), a Swiss mathematician, and also Jacques-André Trembley (1714–1763), a Swiss botanist.[2] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.3 on page 125 in 1828.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6389480 entry