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Xiamen flower phoenix flower or bougainvillea?

Phyllanthus

According to the experience of Baidu search, the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth People's Congress of Xiamen1October 23rd 1986+65438 deliberated the Proposal of Xiamen Municipal People's Government on Requesting the Determination of City Trees, City Flowers and City Birds, and decided that the phoenix tree was the city tree, the bougainvillea bougainvillea was the city flower and the egret was the city bird. The public units in Xiamen are all marked by the image of egrets. Bougainvillea flowers are generally arranged symmetrically in a triangle, so it is called "Bougainvillea". However, its main ornamental part is the bracts evolved from leaves, which are in groups of three, paper and rich in color. Many bougainvillea varieties nowadays are formed by crossing three original varieties, namely B.spectabilis and B.peruviana.