Jussieu, A.L. de (4 August 1789), Genera Plantarum: 91 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: Nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 2350).

Sprague, T.A. (1928), The correct spelling of certain generic names III. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1928(9): 349 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. (1963), Dictionary of Australian Plant Genera: 41 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 253 [secondary reference]

Voss, E.G. (1983), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Sydney, 1981. Regnum Vegetabile 111: 344 [secondary reference]

• Type: Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd. (typ. cons.)

Bittrich, V. & Kuhn, U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Nyctaginaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 483 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Buginvillaea Juss. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), LHI (doubtfully naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 116 [secondary reference]

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