Plagiorhegma

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Plagiorhegma

Description Plagiorhegma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. It is native to South America, specifically Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. There are only three species in this genus, and they are all shrubs. The genus name Plagiorhegma is derived from the Greek words plagios, meaning oblique, and rhegma, meaning rupture, which refers to the obliquely ruptured…