Ruellia prostrata

Ruellia prostrata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Ruellieae
Subtribus: Ruelliinae
Genus: Ruellia
Species: Ruellia prostrata
Varieties: R. p. var. prostrata – R. p. var. rivularis

Name

Ruellia prostrata Poir., 1804.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 81 (1832)
  • Ruellia patula var. prostrata (Poir.) Chiov. in Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, ser. 4, 7: 146 (1936)

Homonyms

• Ruellia prostrata Pav. ex Nees, (1847) = Ruellia lactea Cav.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, N-Namibia (incl. Caprivi Strip), South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga), Swaziland Continental: Asie Yemen, Oman, Java, India (throughout), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan (Sind, Rawalpindi), Indonesia, Moluccas, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Christmas Isl. (Austr.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. & Poiret, J.L.M. 1804–1805. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 6. 786 pp. H. Agasse, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 6: 349.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ruellia prostrata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ruellia prostrata. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 22 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ruellia prostrata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia prostrata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruellia prostrata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Oct 22 Ruellia prostrata. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [1].

Vernacular names

English: prostrate wild petunia

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