Bougainvillea, the Glossary
Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae.[1]
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81 relations: Achene, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Antonio José Cavanilles, Aphid, Argentina, Award of Garden Merit, Belemia, Bonsai, Botany, Bougainvillea × buttiana, Bougainvillea glabra, Bougainvillea spectabilis, Bract, Brazil, Brazilian Portuguese, California, Camarillo, California, Catalogue of Life, China, Colombian Spanish, Contact dermatitis, Deciduous, Dry season, Earth, Evergreen, Florida, Flower, Fruit, Genera Plantarum, Giant leopard moth, Guam, Guapira, Hardiness zone, Houseplant, Huizhou, Index Kewensis, Indonesia, Inflorescence, Ipoh, Jakarta, Jeanne Baret, Jiangmen, Laguna Niguel, California, Larva, Leaf, Lepidoptera, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Malaysia, Matsu Islands, Mediterranean Basin, ... Expand index (31 more) »
- Nyctaginaceae
- Plants that can bloom all year round
Achene
An achene, also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants.
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today.
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Antonio José Cavanilles
Antonio José Cavanilles (16 January 1745 – 5 May 1804) was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist, artist and one of the most important figures in the 18th century period of Enlightenment in Spain.
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Aphid
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea.
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
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Award of Garden Merit
The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).
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Belemia
Belemia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. Bougainvillea and Belemia are Caryophyllales genera and Nyctaginaceae.
Bonsai
Bonsai (tray planting) is the Japanese art of growing and shaping miniature trees in containers, developed from the traditional Chinese art form of penjing (盆景).
Botany
Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.
Bougainvillea × buttiana
Bougainvillea × buttiana is a flowering plant, a garden hybrid of Bougainvillea glabra and Bougainvillea peruviana. Bougainvillea and Bougainvillea × buttiana are Nyctaginaceae.
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Bougainvillea glabra
Bougainvillea glabra, the lesser bougainvillea or paperflower, is the most common species of bougainvillea used for bonsai. Bougainvillea and bougainvillea glabra are Nyctaginaceae.
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Bougainvillea spectabilis
Bougainvillea spectabilis, also known as great bougainvillea, is a species of flowering plant. Bougainvillea and bougainvillea spectabilis are Nyctaginaceae.
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Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese (português brasileiro) is the set of varieties of the Portuguese language native to Brazil and the most influential form of Portuguese worldwide.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Camarillo, California
Camarillo is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California.
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Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Colombian Spanish
Colombian Spanish (español colombiano) is a grouping of the varieties of Spanish spoken in Colombia.
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Contact dermatitis is a type of acute or chronic inflammation of the skin caused by exposure to chemical or physical agents.
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Deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
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Dry season
The dry season was a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
Evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year.
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Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Flower
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).
Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy).
Genera Plantarum
Genera Plantarum is a publication of Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778).
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Giant leopard moth
The giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) is a moth of the family Erebidae.
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Guam
Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.
Guapira
Guapira is a genus of Neotropical shrubs in four o'clock family. Bougainvillea and Guapira are Caryophyllales genera and Nyctaginaceae.
Hardiness zone
A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants.
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Houseplant
A houseplant, sometimes known as a pot plant, potted plant, or an indoor plant, is an ornamental plant that is grown indoors.
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Huizhou
Huizhou (惠州) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong.
Index Kewensis
The 1893 Index Kewensis (IK), maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is a publication that aims to register all botanical names for seed plants at the rank of species and genera.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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Inflorescence
An inflorescence, in a flowering plant, is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.
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Ipoh
Ipoh is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Perak.
Jakarta
Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.
Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret (27 July 1740 – 5 August 1807) is recognised as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe, which she did via maritime transport.
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Jiangmen
Jiangmen, alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China.
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Laguna Niguel, California
Laguna Niguel is a city in Orange County, California, United States.
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Larva
A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
Leaf
A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths.
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (12 November 1729 – 31 August 1811) was a French admiral and explorer.
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
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Matsu Islands
The Matsu Islands, officially Lienchiang County, are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China (Taiwan), situated alongside the southeastern coast of mainland China.
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Mediterranean Basin
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin, also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation.
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Naha
is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.
Neea
Neea is a genus of plants in family Nyctaginaceae from the Caribbean region, Central and South America. Bougainvillea and Neea are Caryophyllales genera and Nyctaginaceae.
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
Nyctaginaceae
Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions.
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Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Peruvian Spanish
Peruvian Spanish (Español peruano) is a family of dialects of the Spanish language that have been spoken in Peru since its introduction by Spanish conquistadors in 1532.
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Phaeoptilum
Phaeoptilum spinosum (brittle thorn) is a shrub that occurs in central Namibia. Bougainvillea and Phaeoptilum are Nyctaginaceae.
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Philibert Commerson
Philibert Commerson (18 November 1727 – 14 March 1773), sometimes spelled Commerçon by contemporaries, was a French naturalist, best known for accompanying Louis Antoine de Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation in 1766–1769.
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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
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Pingtung County
Pingtung County is a county located in southern Taiwan.
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Pisonia
Pisonia is a genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae. Bougainvillea and Pisonia are Nyctaginaceae.
Pisoniella
Pisoniella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. Bougainvillea and Pisoniella are Caryophyllales genera and Nyctaginaceae.
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Rioplatense Spanish
Rioplatense Spanish, also known as Rioplatense Castilian, or River Plate Spanish, is a variety of SpanishAlvar, Manuel, "Manual de dialectología hispánica.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
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San Clemente, California
San Clemente (Spanish for "St. Clement") is a coastal city in southern Orange County, California, United States.
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Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a city and special economic zone on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Dongguan to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, and Macau to the southwest.
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South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.
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South India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.
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Sport (botany)
In botany, a sport or bud sport, traditionally called lusus, is a part of a plant that shows morphological differences from the rest of the plant.
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Tagbilaran
Tagbilaran, officially the City of Tagbilaran (Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran; Dakbanwa sang Tagbilaran; Lungsod ng Tagbilaran), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Bohol, Philippines.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
Toxicodendron
Toxicodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae.
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University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida.
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Vyas Municipality
Vyas (Byas), is a municipality of Tanahun District located in Gandaki Province in Nepal and incorporates the village Damauli, the district headquarters, for which the municipality is also often referred to as Damauli.
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Wisteria
Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae (Leguminosae).
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Xiamen
Xiamen is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait.
Zhuhai
Zhuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of the Pearl River Delta.
See also
Nyctaginaceae
- Abronia (plant)
- Acleisanthes
- Acleisanthes crassifolia
- Acleisanthes nevadensis
- Acleisanthes parvifolia
- Allionia
- Allionia incarnata
- Andradea
- Anulocaulis
- Anulocaulis annulatus
- Belemia
- Boerhavia
- Boerhavia elegans
- Bougainvillea
- Bougainvillea × buttiana
- Bougainvillea glabra
- Bougainvillea spectabilis
- Caribea
- Ceodes
- Ceodes gracilescens
- Ceodes umbellifera
- Cephalotomandra
- Colignonia
- Commicarpus
- Cryptocarpus
- Cuscatlania
- Cyphomeris
- Guapira
- Guapira myrtiflora
- Guapira rotundifolia
- Leucaster
- Mennegoxylon
- Mirabilis (plant)
- Neea
- Neeopsis
- Nyctaginaceae
- Nyctaginia
- Phaeoptilum
- Pisonia
- Pisoniella
- Ramisia
- Reichenbachia
- Rockia
- Salpianthus
- Tripterocalyx
- Tripterocalyx crux-maltae
- Tripterocalyx micranthus
Plants that can bloom all year round
- Adenium obesum
- Bougainvillea
- Canna indica
- Euphorbia milii
- Free-flowering
- Hibbertia scandens
- Ipomoea cairica
- Ipomoea indica
- Ixora
- Lantana camara
- Mandevilla sanderi
- Maurandya scandens
- Pelargonium × hortorum
- Pelargonium inquinans
- Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides
- Salvia splendens
- Thunbergia alata
- Thunbergia erecta
- Westringia fruticosa
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea
Also known as Boganveelia, Bogenvilla, Bougainvilla, Bougainvillaea, Bougainvilleas, Bouganvelia, Bouganviillea, Bouganvillea, Bougenvilla, Bougonvillea, Bourganvilla, Bourgonvilla, Bourgonvillea, Veranera.
, Naha, Neea, Nepal, NPR, Nyctaginaceae, Ornamental plant, Peru, Peruvian Spanish, Phaeoptilum, Philibert Commerson, Philippines, Pingtung County, Pisonia, Pisoniella, Rioplatense Spanish, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Horticultural Society, San Clemente, California, Sepal, Shenzhen, South Carolina, South India, Sport (botany), Tagbilaran, Taiwan, Toxicodendron, University of Florida, Vyas Municipality, Wisteria, Xiamen, Zhuhai.