Tibouchina striphnocalyx (DC.) Gleason

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett, et al. 1953. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (2): 87-160.

• Family

  Melastomataceae

• Scientific Name

  Tibouchina striphnocalyx (DC.) Gleason

• Description

  Species Description - An abundant shrub up to 3 m. tall. The flowers were noted once as purple and once as white.

• Discussion

  Distribution and Ecology: At several locations on Cerro Sipapo, Maguire and Politi; wet ledges and cliffs, precipitous east slopes, 1440 m., 27830; along water course, upper East Basin, 1500-1650 m., 28463; upper Carlo Negro and north branch of Cano Profundo, 28263; western slopes, 1650 m., 27600; flowers purple, shrub 2 m. high, occasional, Upper Camp Savanna, 1500 m., 28694. Endemic to this general region.