| Bougainvillea glabra
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Tracheophytes
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Angiosperms
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Eudicots
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Caryophyllales
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| Family:
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Nyctaginaceae
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| Genus:
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Bougainvillea
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| Species:
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B. glabra
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| Binomial name
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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".