Bougainvillea glabra

Bougainvillea glabra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Bougainvillea
Species:
B. glabra
Binomial name
Bougainvillea glabra
Synonyms

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

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]

  1. ^ "Bougainvillea glabra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 12 June 2018. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Bougainvillea glabra". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  3. ^ Common names for Lesser Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea glabra)—Encyclopedia of Life
  4. ^ "Bougainvillea bonsai" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2014. (96 Kb)
  5. ^ Yasin J. Nasir: Flora of West Pakistan 115: Nyctaginaceae. Stewart Herbarium, Gordon College (et al.), Rawalpindi 1977, p. 13.