Bouvardia longiflora(Cav.) Kunth

WFO wfo-0000371285 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Bouvardia longiflora, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. a José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-17 / obs. 90791777
Bouvardia longiflora, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. b José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54120186
Bouvardia longiflora, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. c Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 22003915
Bouvardia longiflora, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. d Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 18875347
Bouvardia longiflora, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. e José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17992032
Bouvardia longiflora, photographed by Martín Sánchez Vilchis
fig. f Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10399343
Bouvardia longiflora, photographed by Juanito Escamilla
fig. g Juanito Escamilla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89113840
Bouvardia longiflora, photographed by Erick Vélez Sánchez
fig. h Erick Vélez Sánchez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85037758

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Bouvardia longiflora is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Bouvardia longiflora, 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 Northeast MXE
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 10 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.

  • Aeginetia longiflora Cav.
  • Anotis longiflora (Cav.) Benth.
  • Bouvardia carmea B.S.Williams
  • Bouvardia delicata B.S.Williams
  • Bouvardia hendersonii var. corymbiflora T.Moore
  • Bouvardia humboldtii Hend. & Andr.Hend.
  • Bouvardia jasminoides Hend. & Andr.Hend.
  • Bouvardia jasminoides unranked compacta Hend. & Andr.Hend.
  • Bouvardia longiflora var. latifolia M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Houstonia longiflora (Cav.) A.Gray

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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