''Reichenbachia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Nyctaginaceae Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family has a distinctive fr ...

, the family that also includes ''

Bougainvillea ''Bougainvillea'' ( , ) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the family, Nyctaginaceae. They are native to Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Argentina. There are between 4 and 22 species in the genus. The i ...

''. The genus contains a single species, ''Reichenbachia hirsuta''.Spreng.

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Nyctaginaceae genera Monotypic Caryophyllales genera Flora of Northeast Argentina Flora of Bolivia Flora of West-Central Brazil Flora of Colombia Flora of Paraguay Flora of Peru Taxa named by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel Taxa described in 1823 Nyctaginaceae {{Caryophyllales-stub

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