Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Tibouchina Aubl.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tibouchina urvilleana (DC.) Cogn.
Vernacular Name(s):
Glory bush; Lasiandra
 Description

Densely hairy shrub to  c. 3 m high (sometimes taller in cultivation). Shoot quadrangular, tomentose;  angles often with reddish hairs.  Petioles short, tomentose.  Lamina 4.5–11 × 2–5 cm, ovate to almost elliptic, villous on both sides, greenish white beneath, 5-veined;  marginal hairs usually reddish (except in shade);  apex acute.  Bracts large, ovate, almost villous.  Calyx  c.  2 cm long, ± hispid with hairs often reddish;  lobes 6–8 mm long, lanceolate. Petals 2.5–3.5 cm long, purple, obovate.  Stamens very unequal;  filaments mauve;  anthers  c. 1.5 cm long, slender and curved, purple, ± crimped.  Style c. 3 cm long, shining crimson-mauve.  Capsule 10–12 mm long, urceolate, hispid, with apex irregularly toothed.

[From:  Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Guimarães, P.J.F.; Michelangeli, F.A.; Sosa, K.; Santiago Gómez, J.R. de 2019: Systematics of Tibouchina and allies (Melastomataceae: Melastomateae): A new taxonomic classification. Taxon 68(5): 937–1002.
Wilcox, M.; Bradshaw, C.; Cameron, E. 2004: Woody plants of the Auckland Domain. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 59(1): 44–56.