Ruellia tuberosa

Taxonavigation

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

Ruellia tuberosa L., Sp. Pl. 2: 635 (1753).

Heterotypic
- Cryphiacanthus barbadensis Nees
- Cryphiacanthus clandestinus (L.) Nees
- Dipteracanthus clandestinus Presl
- Ruellia clandestina L.
- Ruellia lysimachia Hort. Monsp. ex Nees
- Ruellia paniculata Scop. ex Nees
- Ruellia strepens Hort. Madrit. ex Nees
- Ruellia triflora Pav. ex Nees

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Mexico (Campeche, Chihuahua, Quintana Roo, Sonora, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Yucatan), Peru, Colombia (Antioquia, Bolvar, Boyac, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Sucre, Tolima)

Hassler, M. 2018. Ruellia tuberosa. 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. 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ruellia tuberosa. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 23 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Ruellia tuberosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 23.
Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia tuberosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jun. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruellia tuberosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: minnieroot, violet wild petunia

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