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Division: Magnoliophyta

Family: Nyctaginaceae

Specific Epithet: Bougainvillea spectabilis `Lateritia`

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Ethnobotanical/Economic Uses: Grown as decorative hedges in tropical regions and in temperate greenhouses.

Cultural Requirements: Tropical plant with showy bracts that are a rosy red fading to orange.

Origin: Brazil

Number of Specimens: 1

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