PLANTS Profile for Bouvardia ternifolia (firecrackerbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl.
firecrackerbush

Symbol:

BOTE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub
Subshrub

L48

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Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl.

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Synonyms:
Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl.

BOGL3

Bouvardia glaberrima Engelm.

Distribution:
Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl.


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USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 1 species in Bouvardia

Classification:
Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Bouvardia Salisb. – bouvardia
Species	Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl. – firecrackerbush

More Accounts and Images:
Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34953.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 07:33 AM CDT