Bouvardia erecta(DC.) Standl.

WFO wfo-0000369243 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Bouvardia erecta, photographed by Obed Palagot Echavarria
fig. a Obed Palagot Echavarria, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-09-19 / obs. 166919364
Bouvardia erecta, photographed by Obed Palagot Echavarria
fig. b Obed Palagot Echavarria, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 166919377
Bouvardia erecta, photographed by Obed Palagot Echavarria
fig. c Obed Palagot Echavarria, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 166919385
Bouvardia erecta, photographed by Martín Sánchez Vilchis
fig. d Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10399292
Bouvardia erecta, photographed by Martín Sánchez Vilchis
fig. e Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10399295

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Bouvardia erecta is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Bouvardia erecta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bouvardia flos-joannis K.Schum. ex Loes.
  • Bouvardia flos-joannis var. latifolia Loes.
  • Catesbaea erecta DC.
  • Hedyotis spinescens Sessé & Moc.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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