Bouvardia ternifolia

Firecracker bush
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Bouvardia
Species:	B. ternifolia
Binomial name
	Bouvardia ternifolia; (Cav.) Schltdl.
Synonyms
	Ixora ternifolia Cav.; Ixora americana Jacq.; Houstonia coccinea Andrews; Bouvardia triphylla Salisb.; Bouvardia angustifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth; Bouvardia hirtella Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth; Bouvardia linearis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth; Bouvardia jacquinii Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth; Bouvardia coccinea (Andrews) Link; Bouvardia jacquinii var. exogyna DC.; Bouvardia jacquinii var. ovata DC.; Bouvardia quaternifolia DC.; Carphalea pubiflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Bouvardia splendens Graham; Bouvardia tolucana Hook. & Arn.; Bouvardia triphylla var. splendens (Graham) Lindl.; Bouvardia scabrida M.Martens & Galeotti; Bouvardia glaberrima Engelm. in F.A.Wislizenus; Bouvardia hypoleuca Benth.; Bouvardia ovata A.Gray; Bouvardia microphylla Schltdl.; Bouvardia tenuiflora Schltdl.; Bouvardia viperalis Schltdl.; Bouvardia houtteana Schltdl.; Bouvardia elegans Hend. & Andr.Hend.; Bouvardia hirtella var. quaternifolia (DC.) Rothr.; Bouvardia triphylla var. angustifolia (Kunth) A.Gray; Bouvardia fruticosa Sessé & Moc.; Bouvardia ternifolia var. angustifolia (Kunth) B.L.Rob.; Bouvardia endlichii Loes.; Bouvardia orizabensis Standl.;

Bouvardia ternifolia, the firecracker bush, is a shrub widespread across much of Mexico, the range extending south into Honduras and north into the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Bouvardia ternifolia is a shrub up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. It has dark green, narrowly egg-shaped leaves. Flowers are speculacular: long, tubular, bright scarlet, up to 10 cm (2 inches) long, in clusters at the ends of the branches. Hummingbirds frequently imbibe the nectar from the blooms.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Bouvardia ternifolia is widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its showy flowers.^[11]^[12]^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Bouvardia ternifolia
^ Biota of North America Program
^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F..
^ Hooker, William Jackson & Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1840. Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage 427, Bouvardia tolucana
^ Cavanilles, Antonio José. 1797. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 4: 3, pl. 305, Ixora ternifolia
^ Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von. 1854. Linnaea 26: 98. Bouvardia ternifolia
^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Native Plant Database, Bouvardia ternifolia
^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
^ 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.
^ Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von
^ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
^ color illustration of Bouvardia houtteana (syn of Bouvardia ternifolia), published 1855
^ Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von, in Planchon, Jules Émile. 1855. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 10: 149, t. 55.

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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Nuevo León in 1983
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[catherinetate-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Bouvardia ternifolia

[2] Biota of North America Program

[3] CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F..

[4] Hooker, William Jackson & Arnott, George Arnott Walker. 1840. Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage 427, Bouvardia tolucana

[5] Cavanilles, Antonio José. 1797. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 4: 3, pl. 305, Ixora ternifolia

[6] Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von. 1854. Linnaea 26: 98. Bouvardia ternifolia

[7] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Native Plant Database, Bouvardia ternifolia

[8] Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.

[9] 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.

[10] Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von

[11] Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.

[12] r illustration of Bouvardia houtteana (syn of Bouvardia ternifolia), published 1855

[13] Schlechtendal, Diederich Franz Leonhard von, in Planchon, Jules Émile. 1855. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 10: 149, t. 55.

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