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''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).〔(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'' )〕 ''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.〔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〕 ''Bouvardia ternifolia'' is widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its showy flowers.〔Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.〕 ==External links== *(photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Nuevo León in 1983 ) *(photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Nuevo León in 1846 ) *(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.〕 *(Plant Delights Nursery at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens (Raliegh North Carolina USA) ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bouvardia ternifolia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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