Ruellia macrophylla

Ruellia macrophylla var. macrophylla

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 macrophylla
Varietates: R. m. var. macrophylla – R. m. var. puberula

Name

Ruellia macrophylla Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 72, t. 39. 1791.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Stemonacanthus macrophyllus (Vahl) Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 205(–206). 1847.
  • Ruellia maravilla M.Gómez, Noc. Bot. Sist.: 79. 1893, nom. illeg. superfl.

Homonym

• Ruellia macrophylla Willd. ex Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 207. 1847, nom. inval. pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Jamaica. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nees von Esenbeck, C.G. 1847. Ordo CXLV. Acanthaceae. Pp. 46–519, 720–732. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.) 1847. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum hucusque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 11, Sistens praesertim Acanthaceaes et Verbenaceas. Sumptibus Victoris Masson, Parisiis [Paris]. Latin. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Vahl, M. 1791. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 2. 108 pp., tt. 26–50. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Acanthaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1–15. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Daniel, T.F. 2004. Further range extensions of Mexican Acanthaceae. Polibotánica 18: 1–12. PDF Reference page. 
• Leonard, E.C. 1951. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, I. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 31(1): I–VI, 1–117. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Wasshausen, D.C. 1995. Acanthaceae. Pp. 335–374 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 2, Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes, Acanthaceae–Araceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-74-6. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ruellia macrophylla. Published online. Accessed: 08 March 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ruellia macrophylla.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruellia macrophylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-03-08.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Ruellia macrophylla. 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 June 22. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia macrophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 March 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Ruellia macrophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 March 2018.
• Ruellia macrophylla in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 14 April 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Ruellia macrophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 March 2018.

Note:

The name Ruellia macrophylla has also been applied to Ruellia fulgida. Ruellia lutea has been included at the rank of a variety.

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