NYCTAGINACEAE

A family with 31 genera and ± 400 species according to the latest revision. The family has little economic importance except as ornamentals. Bougainvillea is widely planted throughout the tropics for its brightly coloured bracts that surround the flowers.

• Author: C. Whitehouse
• Publication Date: 31st October 1996
• ISBN: 90 6191 373 X
• Price: £4.00
• Pages: 20 Illustrations: 5

• Boerhavia (6 spp.)

• Commicarpus (7 spp.)

• Mirabilis (1 sp., introduced)

• Pisonia (2 spp.)

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