| Bougainvillea glabra |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
| Order: |
Caryophyllales |
| Family: |
Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: |
Bougainvillea |
| Species: |
B. glabra |
| Binomial name |
Bougainvillea glabra
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| Synonyms |
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- Bougainvillea glabra var. typica Heimerl
- Bougainvillea spectabilis var. glabra (Choisy) Hook.
- Bougainvillea arborea Glaz.
- Bougainvillea brachycarpa Heimerl
- Bougainvillea formosa W.Bull
- Bougainvillea glabra var. acutibracteata Heimerl/small>
- Bougainvillea glabra var. alba Mendes & Viégas
- Bougainvillea glabra var. brachycarpa (Heimerl) Heimerl
- Bougainvillea glabra var. graciliflora Heimerl
- Bougainvillea glabra var. obtusibracteata Heimerl
- Bougainvillea glabra var. sanderiana Dimmock
- Bougainvillea rubicunda Schott ex Rohrb.
- Bougainvillea sanderiana (Dimmock) W.Falc.bis
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Bougainvillea glabra, the lesser bougainvillea or paperflower, is the most common species of bougainvillea used for bonsai. The epithet 'glabra' comes from Latin and means "bald".