Taxon: Bougainvillea glabra Choisy

Common names:

• paper-flower   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• guang ye zi hua   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• blank trillingblomma   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed14; Dict Gard; F ChinaEng)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; F ChinaEng)
  

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Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• El-Hadidi, M. N. & M. S. Abdallah. 1980–. Flora of Egypt.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
• Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986–. Flora of the Guianas.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. [with two varieties].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Bougainvillea glabra.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Bougainvillea glabra.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Bougainvillea glabra.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Bougainvillea spectabilis var. glabra (Choisy) Hook.
  

Check other web resources for Bougainvillea glabra Choisy:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Bougainvillea glabra cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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