Bouvardia ternifolia

TaxID: 29783

Basic Information

Bouvardia ternifolia

Firecrackerbush, firecrackerbush

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). 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. Bouvardia ternifolia is widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its showy flowers. It contains Bouvardin which has demonstrated certain anti-cancerous activities.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Gentianales

Rubiaceae

Bouvardia

ternifolia

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Bouvardia ternifolia
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(c) Dwight Baker@BY-NC
Bouvardia ternifolia
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(c) Alfonso Gutiérrez Aldana@BY-NC
Bouvardia ternifolia
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(c) Dra. Laura Elvia Uribe Lara@BY-NC
Bouvardia ternifolia
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(c) oakmonstrr@BY-NC
Bouvardia ternifolia
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(c) Alejandro Flores-Palacios@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Nicaragua Absent —

Distribution (8 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
China Present —
Germany Present —
Ecuador Present —
Guatemala Present —
Honduras Present —
Mexico Present —
New Caledonia Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (5 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ITSAC2470-14 - ITS2 300 - - -
GRDTX192-21 - trnH-psbA 219 United States 2019-07-07 30.059, -96.039
GBVT3952-13 - rbcL 663 China 2009-07-10 31.44, 110.32
GBVJ3414-11 - rbcL 1323 - - -
GBVJ3413-11 - rbcL 1375 - - -

Literature