Bougainvillea
See also: bougainvillea
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin, named after French admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville. Coined by French scientist Philibert Commerson in 1789.
Proper noun
editBougainvillea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Nyctaginaceae – the bougainvillea.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Nyctaginaceae - family; Bougainvilleeae - tribe
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Bougainvillea spectabilis (great bougainvillea) - type species
Descendants
edit- Dutch: bougainville
- English: bougainvillea
- French: bougainvillée
- Portuguese: buganvília
- Spanish: buganvilla
References
edit- Bougainvillea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bougainvillea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Bougainvillea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons