bougainvillaea From: A New Dictionary of Eponyms | Date: 1997| Author: Morton S. Freeman | © A New Dictionary of Eponyms 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. Copyright information

bougainvillaea The story behind the naming of the bougainvillaea started in 1766 with a three-year journey of discovery around the world, from which the woody vine of the four-o’clock family was brought home to France. This plant, which was named for the explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville, is recognized by its inconspicuous flowers surrounded by brilliant red or purple bracts. Many people regard the bougainvillaea as the handsomest of subtropical vines. The plant...

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