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Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea sp.
-26.4111, 31.1779
Field Notes
Description:
Bougainvillea ( /ˌbuːɡɨnˈvɪliə/) is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. The plant was classified by Europeans in Brazil in 1768, by Philibert Commerçon, a French botanist accompanying French Navy admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville during his voyage of circumnavigation.
Habitat:
It was growing on the side of the road.
Notes:
A very large tree with very bright purple flowers.
Reference Links:
Bougainvillea
Species ID Suggestions
3
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