Bougainvillea family : NYCTAGINACEAE (CARYOPHYLLIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Boerhavia diffusa Tar Vine Swan Reach, South Australia, March 2011 Photo: courtesy of Nadine Brown.

Boerhavia dominii Tah Vine Nathalia, Victoria, 1999 Photo: courtesy of Danielle Loger, from "Pocket Guide to the Flora of the Nathalia District and Barmah Forest"

Bougainvillea glabra Bougainvillea Sydney, October 2006

Mirabilis jalapa 4 o'clock Photo: courtesy of Linda Kay, Berrigan

Some species in NYCTAGINACEAE have been used as the foodplant by caterpillars of a number of species of Australian Moths, for example:

Hippotion celerio

Hippotion velox

Hyles livornicoides

Theretra margarita

Megalorhipida leucodactyla

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 15 May 2020)