Bouvardia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Bouvardia
Species: B. amplexicaulis – B. borhidiana – B. bouvardioides – B. capitata – B. castilloi – B. chrysantha – B. conzattii – B. cordifolia – B. costaricensis – B. dictyoneura – B. erecta – B. ferruginea – B. fragilis – B. glabra – B. gracilipes – B. hernan-maganae – B. hintoniorum – B. juarezana – B. karwinskyi – B. keniae – B. laevis – B. lancifolia – B. langlassei – B. latifolia – B. leiantha – B. loeseneriana – B. longiflora – B. lottiae – B. mitlensis – B. multiflora – B. oaxacana – B. obovata – B. pallida – B. pascualii – B. pedicellaris – B. perelegans – B. pulverulenta – B. pungens – B. quinquenervata – B. rekoi – B. rosea – B. rosei – B. rzedowskii – B. sancaroli – B. scabra – B. sinaloae – B. standleyana – B. stenosiphon – B. subcordata – B. tenuifolia – B. tenuis – B. ternifolia – B. tubicalyx – B. viminalis – B. xestosperma – B. xylosteoides

Name

Bouvardia Salisb., 1807.
Vernacular names
English: Hummingbird Flower
suomi: Morsiustähdet

Bouvardia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It contains about 50 species of evergreen herbs and shrubs native to Mexico and Central America,[1] with one species extending into the southwestern United States (B. ternifolia, in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas).[2] The genus is named in honor of Charles Bouvard (1572–1658), physician to Louis XIII, and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi in Paris.[3]

In the language of flowers, Bouvardia symbolize enthusiasm.[4]

Description

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.[5][6][7]
Uses

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.[8]
Species

Bouvardia amplexicaulis Borhidi & E.Martinez
Bouvardia borhidiana Lozada-Pérez
Bouvardia bouvardioides (Seem.) Standl.
Bouvardia candidissima Borhidi & E.Martinez
Bouvardia capitata Bullock
Bouvardia castilloi Borhidi & Garcia Gonz.
Bouvardia chrysantha Mart.
Bouvardia conzattii Greenm.
Bouvardia cordifolia DC.
Bouvardia costaricensis C.M.Taylor
Bouvardia dictyoneura Standl.
Bouvardia elegans Borhidi
Bouvardia erecta DC.
Bouvardia ferruginea Borhidi
Bouvardia glabra Polak
Bouvardia gracilipes B.L.Rob.
Bouvardia hernan-maganae Borhidi & Serrano-Card.
Bouvardia hintoniorum B.L.Turner
Bouvardia karwinskyi Standl.
Bouvardia keniae Borhidi & Saynes
Bouvardia laevis M.Martens & Galeotti
Bouvardia langlassei Standl.
Bouvardia latifolia Standl.
Bouvardia leiantha Benth.
Bouvardia loeseneriana Standl.
Bouvardia longiflora (Cav.) Kunth
Bouvardia lottiae Borhidi
Bouvardia mitlensis Borhidi & Salas-Mor.
Bouvardia multiflora (Cav.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Bouvardia oaxacana Standl.
Bouvardia obovata Kunth
Bouvardia pallida Standl.
Bouvardia pascualii Borhidi
Bouvardia pedicellaris Borhidi
Bouvardia pulverulenta Borhidi & Salas-Mor.
Bouvardia pungens Borhidi
Bouvardia quinquenervata Standl.
Bouvardia rekoi Standl.
Bouvardia rosea Schltdl.
Bouvardia rosei Standl.
Bouvardia rzedowskii Terrell & S.D.Koch
Bouvardia sancaroli Borhidi & M.Martinez
Bouvardia scabra Hook. & Arn.
Bouvardia standleyana W.H.Blackw.
Bouvardia stenosiphon Borhidi & Salas-Mor.
Bouvardia subcordata Standl.
Bouvardia tenuifolia Standl.
Bouvardia ternifolia (Cav.) Schltdl.
Bouvardia tubicalyx Borhidi & Salas-Mor.
Bouvardia viminalis Schltdl.
Bouvardia xestosperma (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Terrell & S.D.Koch
Bouvardia xylosteoides Hook. & Arn.

References

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bouvardia" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
"Bouvardia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Bouvardia" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
"Bouvardia Flower Meaning & Symbolism | Teleflora". www.teleflora.com. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
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 LH, Bailey EZ. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.