Bouvardia subcordata Standl.

Bouvardia subcordata Standley, sp. no v
Shrub, the branches stout, subangulate, grayish, villosulous when young; stipule-sheath
very short, long-cuspidate, glandular-dentate; leaves opposite, the petioles stout, 1-3 mm.
long, the blades rounded-ovate or broadly ovate, 2.5-4.2 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, broadly
rounded to cordate at the base, acute to very obtuse at the apex, sometimes rounded and
broadly short-acuminate, thin, dark-green above, sparsely villous, much paler beneath, densely
short-villous along the veins and sparsely villous elsewhere, the lateral veins conspicuous,
arcuate; flowers in terminal clusters of 3-5, the pedicels slender, 2-5 mm. long; hypanthium
subglobose, 1.5 mm. long, densely villous; calyx-lobes oblong-linear or lance-oblong, 2-6 mm.
long, sparsely or densely villous; corolla red (?), sparsely villous outside above, the tube about
3 cm. long, tapering from top to base, 3.5-4 mm. thick above, sparsely villous within, the lobes
ovate-orbicular, 3-4 mm. long, erect, obtuse, subapiculate, finely papillose within; anthers
sessile, included, 2.5 mm. long; style included.
Type collected between Rosario and Colomas, Sinaloa, July 13, 1897, J. N. Rose 1628 (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 300476).

Bouvardia subcordata là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thiến thảo. Loài này được Standl. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1921.