Ruellia brevifolia

Ruellia brevifolia

Ruellia brevifolia

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 brevifolia

Name

Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C.Ezcurra, 1989.

Synonyms

Basionym

• Stephanophysum brevifolium Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 84, t. 155. 1831.

Heterotypic

• Cyrtacanthus corymbosus Nees, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 9: 51. 1847, nom. inval.
• Echinacanthus dichotomus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 489. 1891.
• Ruellia amoena Nees, Prodr. (Candolle) 11: 203. 1847, nom. inval.
• Ruellia graecizans Backer, Brittonia 3: 85. 1938.
• Ruellia longifolia Rich., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 110. 1792.
• Ruellia longifolia (Pohl) Griseb., Abh. Ges. Wiss. Gottingen 24: 260. 1879, nom. illeg. non Rich. (1792).
• Ruellia serratitheca Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 362. 1927.
• Ruellia ventricosa Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (Humboldt & al.) 2: 241. 1818, nom. illeg. non Poir. (1804).
• Stephanophysum brevifolium Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 84. t. 155. 1831.
• Stephanophysum brevifolium var. microphyllum Nees, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 9: 51. 1847.
• Stephanophysum longifolium Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 85. t. 156. 1831.
• Stephanophysum macrandrum Bremek., Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 72: 425. 1969.
• Stephanophysum ventricosum (Kunth) Nees, Prodr. (Candolle) 11: 203. 1847.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia Introduced into: El Salvador, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Leeward Is., Mauritius, Pakistan, Réunion References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ezcurra, C., 1989. Darwiniana; Carpeta del "Darwinion". Buenos Aires 29: 278.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ruellia brevifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ruellia brevifolia. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 20. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ruellia brevifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Nov. 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ruellia brevifolia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 20 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruellia brevifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: tropical wild petunia

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