Bouchea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum*: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum*: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio*: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso*: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Verbenaceae
Tribus: Duranteae
Genus: Bouchea
Species: B. agrestis – B. bifurca – B. boliviana – B. dissecta – B. fluminensis – B. glabrata – B. linifolia – B. longiflora – B. nelsonii – B. prismatica – B. rusbyi – B. spathulata

Name

Bouchea Cham., Linnaea 7(2): 252 (1832), nom. cons.

• Type species: Bouchea pseudogervao (A.St.-Hil.) Cham. (1832) vide Bouchea fluminensis (Vell.) Moldenke, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 117 (1940) (Moroni & O'Leary, 2019)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Denisaea Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 306 (1790), opus utique oppr.
  • Denisia Post & Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan., Prosp.: 167 (1903)
  • Lomake Raf., Autik. Bot.: 73 (1840)

References

Additional references

• Moroni, P. & O'Leary, N. 2019. Insights into the Systematics of Tribe Duranteae (Verbenaceae): A Taxonomic Revision of the New World Genus Bouchea 1. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 104(3): 355-399. DOI: 10.3417/2019383 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Moroni, P. & O'Leary, N. 2019. (2673) Proposal to conserve the name Verbena fluminensis (Bouchea fluminensis) against V. pseudogervao (Duranteae, Verbenaceae). Taxon 68(1): 169-171. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Bouchea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Bouchea. Published online. Accessed: 16 June 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Bouchea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 June 2025. Reference page.