Species of vine
Bougainvillea glabra
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Order:
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Caryophyllales
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Family:
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Nyctaginaceae
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Genus:
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Bougainvillea
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Species:
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B. glabra
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Binomial name
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Bougainvillea glabra
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Synonyms
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Bougainvillea glabra var. typica Heimerl
Bougainvillea spectabilis var. glabra (Choisy) Hook.
Bougainvillea arborea Glaz.
Bougainvillea brachycarpa Heimerl
Bougainvillea formosa W.Bull
Bougainvillea glabra var. acutibracteata Heimerl
Bougainvillea glabra var. alba Mendes & Viégas
Bougainvillea glabra var. brachycarpa (Heimerl) Heimerl
Bougainvillea glabra var. graciliflora Heimerl
Bougainvillea glabra var. obtusibracteata Heimerl
Bougainvillea glabra var. sanderiana Dimmock
Bougainvillea rubicunda Schott ex Rohrb.
Bougainvillea sanderiana (Dimmock) W.Falc.bis
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Bougainvillea glabra, the lesser bougainvillea or paperflower,[3] is the most common species of bougainvillea used for bonsai.[4] The epithet 'glabra' comes from Latin and means "bald".[5]