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(Last Modified On 8/20/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/20/2013)
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Genus
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Bouvardia Salisbury
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PlaceOfPublication
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Parad. Lond. pl. 88. 1807.
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Note
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TYPE: B. triphylla Salisbury.
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Synonym
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Aeginetia Cav., Anales Ci. Nat. 3: 129. 1801; Ic. 6: 51. 1801, not Aeginetia L. (1753).
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Description
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Shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite or 3-4(-6) per node, membranous; stipules interpetiolar with a basal sheath. Inflorescence terminal, cymose. Flowers di- morphic, calycine lobes 4, persistent; corolla tubular or salverform, the lobes 4, valvate; stamens 4, the anthers linear or oblong, in pin flowers included and subsessile, in thrum flowers included and with filaments distinct and exserted; styles of 2 lengths, usually slender, the ovary 2-celled, the ovules numerous, attached peltately to a complete septum. Fruits capsular, globose or oblate, de- hiscing at first loculicidally, then septicidally; seeds numerous, vertically imbri- cate, winged, the wing entire.
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Habit
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Shrubs or herbs
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Distribution
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Bouvardia, a genus of about 50 species, ranges from Mexico to Panama.
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Reference
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Blackwell, W. H. 1968. Revision of Bouvardia. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 55: 1-30.
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