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Magnoliopsida
Bouvardia Salisb.
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Specimen Records:6
Specimens with Sequences:6
Specimens with Barcodes:3
Species:2
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:6
Public Species:2
Public BINs:0
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Bouvardia is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It contains about 30 species of evergreen herbs and shrubs native to Mexico and Central America, with one species extending into the southwestern United States (Bouvardia ternifolia, in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas).[1] The genus is named in honor of Charles Bouvard (1572–1658), physician to Louis XIII, and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi in Paris.[2]
Description[edit]
They grow to 0.6-1.5 m tall. The leaves are opposite or in whorls of 3-5, ovate to lanceolate, 3–11 cm long. The flowers are in terminal, generally many-flowered clusters; the corolla has a large tube and four spreading lobes; flower colour ranges varies between species, with white, yellow, pink, and red all found.[3][4][5]
Cultivation and Use[edit]
Several species of Bouvardia are grown as ornamental plants, both in the tropics and indoors as houseplants in temperate regions. Several cultivars and hybrids have been selected. When grown as houseplants, a minimum winter temperature of 7 °C is required, with a minimum of 12 °C while in flower. Propagation of the cultivars is by cuttings taken in late spring or summer, which need to be kept at a temperature of 20 °C by night and 25 °C during the day, and shaded when required.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Bouvardia". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
- ^ Salisbury, Richard Anthony. 1807. Paradisus Londinensis sub pl. 88. Bouvardia
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- ^ Lorence, D. H. 1999. A nomenclator of Mexican and Central American Rubiaceae. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 73: 1–177
- ^ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
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