Pterolepis clidemioides
Pterolepis trichotoma
(Rottb.) Cogn. Species
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- Botanical name
- Pterolepis trichotoma
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Pterolepis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Pterolepis trichotoma
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Pterolepis trichotoma but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Arthrostema exiguum
Arthrostema goudotianum
Arthrostema pusillum
Arthrostemma ladanoides
Arthrostemma pumilum
Osbeckia pumila
Pterolepis egleri
Pterolepis exigua
Pterolepis goudotiana
Pterolepis hispida
Pterolepis ladanoides
Pterolepis lanceolata
Pterolepis pohliana
Pterolepis pumila
Pterolepis pumila
Pterolepis pumila var. procera
Pterolepis pumila var. ramosa
Pterolepis pumila var. robusta
Pterolepis pusilla
Rhexia hispida
Rhexia ladanoides
Rhexia pumila
Rhexia strigosa
Rhexia trichotoma
Others in Pterolepis
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