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Peruvian bougainvillea
Bougainvillea peruviana
Bougainvillea peruviana, also known as Peru bougainvillea, is a naturally occurring tropical species of the genus Bougainvillea native to Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. It is one of the major Bougainvillea species responsible for the vast applications in urban landscaping due to its attractive and colorful bracts.
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Description
Bougainvillea peruviana was first described by German naturalist and explorer Alexander Von Humboldt in Peru in 1810. It is noted for its green bark, long thin leaves, rounded magenta-pink bracts, short and straight thorns, yellow flowers, and lanky growth habit. The species is considered to be more stable than two other species in the genus Bougainvillea, B. spectabilis and B. glabra. Typically, B. peruviana blooms several times a year.
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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 327685.