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Bouvardia
Bouvardia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains about 50 species of evergreen herbs and shrubs native to Mexico and Central America, with one species extending into the southwestern United States (B. ternifolia, in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas). The genus is named in honor of Charles Bouvard (1572–1658), physician to Louis XIII, and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi in Paris.
In the language of flowers, Bouvardia symbolize enthusiasm.
56 branches of this genus, most-observed first
firecrackerbush
speciesBouvardia ternifolia
Bouvardia longiflora
speciesBouvardia longiflora
Bouvardia viminalis
speciesBouvardia viminalis
Bouvardia laevis
speciesBouvardia laevis
Bouvardia multiflora
speciesBouvardia multiflora
Bouvardia tenuifolia
speciesBouvardia tenuifolia
Bouvardia erecta
speciesBouvardia erecta
Bouvardia leiantha
speciesBouvardia leiantha
Bouvardia chrysantha
speciesBouvardia chrysantha
Bouvardia gracilipes
speciesBouvardia gracilipes
Bouvardia scabra
speciesBouvardia scabra
Bouvardia rosea
speciesBouvardia rosea
Bouvardia lottiae
speciesBouvardia lottiae
Bouvardia glabra
speciesBouvardia glabra
Bouvardia quinquenervata
speciesBouvardia quinquenervata
Bouvardia dictyoneura
speciesBouvardia dictyoneura
Bouvardia hernan-maganae
speciesBouvardia hernan-maganae
Bouvardia cordifolia
speciesBouvardia cordifolia
Bouvardia rzedowskii
speciesBouvardia rzedowskii
Bouvardia rekoi
speciesBouvardia rekoi
Bouvardia bouvardioides
speciesBouvardia bouvardioides
Bouvardia loeseneriana
speciesBouvardia loeseneriana
Bouvardia xestosperma
speciesBouvardia xestosperma
Bouvardia sancaroli
speciesBouvardia sancaroli
Bouvardia karwinskyi
speciesBouvardia karwinskyi
Bouvardia standleyana
speciesBouvardia standleyana
Bouvardia mitlensis
speciesBouvardia mitlensis
Bouvardia latifolia
speciesBouvardia latifolia
Bouvardia pungens
speciesBouvardia pungens
Bouvardia juarezana
speciesBouvardia juarezana
Bouvardia capitata
speciesBouvardia capitata
Bouvardia langlassei
speciesBouvardia langlassei
Bouvardia rosei
speciesBouvardia rosei
Bouvardia xylosteoides
speciesBouvardia xylosteoides
Bouvardia castilloi
speciesBouvardia castilloi
Bouvardia conzattii
speciesBouvardia conzattii
Bouvardia hintoniorum
speciesBouvardia hintoniorum
Bouvardia oaxacana
speciesBouvardia oaxacana
Bouvardia obovata
speciesBouvardia obovata
Bouvardia subcordata
speciesBouvardia subcordata
Bouvardia pedicellaris
speciesBouvardia pedicellaris
Bouvardia ferruginea
speciesBouvardia ferruginea
Bouvardia pulverulenta
speciesBouvardia pulverulenta
Bouvardia stenosiphon
speciesBouvardia stenosiphon
Bouvardia tubicalyx
speciesBouvardia tubicalyx
Bouvardia borhidiana
speciesBouvardia borhidiana
Bouvardia sinaloae
speciesBouvardia sinaloae
Bouvardia pascualii
speciesBouvardia pascualii
Bouvardia lancifolia
speciesBouvardia lancifolia
Bouvardia fragilis
speciesBouvardia fragilis
Bouvardia tenuis
speciesBouvardia tenuis
Bouvardia candida
speciesBouvardia candida
Bouvardia perelegans
speciesBouvardia perelegans
Bouvardia keniae
speciesBouvardia keniae
Bouvardia diversiflora
speciesBouvardia diversiflora
Bouvardia amplexicaulis
speciesBouvardia amplexicaulis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Bouvardia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 147991.