⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2680780, and has not been changed.

Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Bougainvillea (family Nyctaginaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 2: 348 1799.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:604358-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Bougainvillea bracteata Pers.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Bougainvillea brasiliensis Raeusch.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Bougainvillea brasiliensis Lund ex Choisy [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Bougainvillea peruviana Nees & Mart. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Bougainvillea speciosa Schnizl.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Bougainvillea spectabilis var. hirsutissima J.A.Schmidt	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Bougainvillea spectabilis var. parviflora Mart. ex J.A.Schmidt	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Bougainvillea spectabilis var. virescens (Choisy) J.A.Schmidt	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Bougainvillea virescens Choisy	Synonym		WCSP (in review)