Bougainvillea

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q156996
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Bougainvillea

Summary

Bougainvillea is a taxon[1]. Bougainvillea ranks in the top 0.04% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,377 views/month, #78 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bougainvillea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bougainvillea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Louis-Antoine de Bougainville is named after Bougainvillea[5].
  • Bougainvillea belongs to the parent taxon Nyctaginaceae[6].
  • Bougainvillea's scientific name is Bougainvillea[7].
  • Bougainvillea's Commons category is recorded as Bougainvillea[8].
  • Bougainvillea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bougainvillea[9].
  • Bougainvillea's Commons gallery is recorded as Bougainvillea[10].
  • Bougainvillea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 26[11].
  • Bougainvillea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1617[12].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'bougainvillea'}[13].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Buguenvíl·lea'}[14].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Drillingsblume'}[15].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Μπουκαμβίλια'}[16].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Bugenvilo'}[17].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Bugambilia'}[18].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Buganvilla'}[19].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Napoleón'}[20].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Santa Rita'}[21].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Trinitaria'}[22].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Veranera'}[23].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Ihmeköynnökset'}[24].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Bougainvillée'}[25].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Bougainvillier'}[26].
  • Bougainvillea is commonly known as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'Buganvílea'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Bougainvillea is Bougainvillea[7]. Bougainvillea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Bougainvillea belongs to the parent taxon Nyctaginaceae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'bougainvillea'}[13], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Buguenvíl·lea'}[14], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Drillingsblume'}[15], {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Μπουκαμβίλια'}[16], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Bugenvilo'}[17], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Bugambilia'}[18].

Discovery and Description

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville is named after Bougainvillea[5].

Identifiers

Bougainvillea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53804[28]. Bougainvillea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3540[29]. Bougainvillea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3086089[30]. Bougainvillea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19682[31].

Why It Matters

Bougainvillea ranks in the top 0.04% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,377 views/month, #78 of 195,241).[2] Bougainvillea has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Bougainvillea is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Australian Plant Name Index. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Nyctaginaceae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Named after Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
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