Bougainvillea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Bougainvilleeae
Genus:
Species: B. berberidifolia – B. campanulata – B. fasciculata – B. glabra – B. herzogiana – B. infesta – B. lehmanniana – B. malmeana – B. modesta – B. pachyphylla – B. peruviana – B. pomacea – B. praecox – B. spectabilis – B. spinosa – B. stipitata – B. trollii

Unresolved names: Bougainvillea × buttiana

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Bougainvillea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 29. Reference page.

Name

Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss. Gen. Pl. 91 (1789), nom. cons. & orth. cons.

Type species: Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 348 (1799), nom. cons.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Josepha Vell., Fl. Flumin.: 154 (1829).
- Tricycla Cav., Icon. 6: 78 (1801).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa (introduced)
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, DR Congo.
- Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - Ascension.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Mauritius, Mozambique Channel Islands.
Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced)
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Nansei-shoto.
Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar, Vietnam.
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Vanuatu.
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Society Islands, Tubuai Islands.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Nicaragua (introduced).
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands (introduced).
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela (introduced).
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North (introduced), Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Juan Fernández Islands (introduced), Paraguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam. 498 pp. Paris: Herissant et Theophile Barrois. BHL Reference page. as Buginvillaea.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Bougainvillea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Bougainvillea. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2017. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Bougainvillea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 May 2017. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2017. Bougainvillea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 May 12. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bougainvillea. Accessed: 2024 October 03.

Vernacular names

català: Buguenvíl·lea
Deutsch: Drillingsblume
Ελληνικά: Μπουκαμβίλια
Esperanto: Bugenvilo
español: Bugambilia, Buganvilla, Napoleón, Veranera, Trinitaria, Santa Rita
suomi: Ihmeköynnökset
français: Bougainvillée, Bougainvillier
galego: Buganvílea
עברית: :בוגנוויליה
magyar: Murvafürt
Bahasa Indonesia: Kembang kertas
italiano: Buganvillea, Bouganvillea
日本語: ブーゲンビリア
lietuvių: Bugenvilija
Bahasa Melayu: Pokok Bunga Kertas
Nederlands: Bougainville
polski: Kącicierń, Bugenwilla
português: Buganvília
русский: Бугенвилия
svenska: Trillingblomssläktet
ไทย: เฟื่องฟ้า
Tagalog: Bonggambilya
lea faka-Tonga: Felila
Türkçe: Begonvil
中文: 叶子花属, 三角梅