Ruellia elegans

Ruellia elegans

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 elegans

Name

Ruellia elegans Poir., 1816

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Arrhostoxylum elegans (Poir.) Bremek. & Nann.-Bremek. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(1): 12 (1948)
• Heterotypic
  • Arrhostoxylum formosum Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 215 (1847)
  • Arrhostoxylum roseum Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 61 (1847)
  • Arrhostoxylum silvaccola var. montanum Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 60 (1847)
  • Asystasia formosa T.Anderson in J. Agric. Soc. India, n.s., 1: 270 (1868)
  • Ruellia formosa Andrews in Bot. Repos. 10: t. 610 (1810), nom. illeg.
  • Ruellia rosea (Nees) W.Bull in Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 143: 8 (1878)
  • Ruellia speciosa Mart. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 215 (1847), not validly publ.
  • Ruellia superba D.Dietr. in Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 17: 307 (1821)
  • Stemonacanthus formosus T.Anderson in J. Agric. Soc. India, n.s., 1: 270 (1868)

Homonyms

• Ruellia elegans Hook. = Strobilanthes crossandra (Steud.) J.R.I.Wood

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo), S-Brazil (Parana) 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. 1816. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Supplément. Tome 4. 731 pp. Paris: H. Agasse. BHL Reference page. : 4: 727.

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

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ruellia elegans. 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. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ruellia elegans. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 21 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Ruellia elegans in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 21.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

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