Ruellia nudiflora

Ruellia nudiflora

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 nudiflora
Varietas: R. n. var. insularis – R. n. var. runyonii

Name

Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A.Gray) Urb., 1912

Synonyms

• Cryphiacanthus tubiflorus Oerst.
• Cryphiacanthus viscosus Oerst.
• Dipteracanthus nudiflorus Engelm. & Gray
• Ruellia congesta (Leonard) Tharp & P. A. Barkley
• Ruellia glabrata (Leonard) Tharp & F. A. Barkley
• Ruellia gooddingiana A. Nels.
• Ruellia nudiflora var. congesta Leonard
• Ruellia nudiflora var. glabrata Leonard
• Ruellia nudiflora var. hispidula Shinners
• Ruellia nudiflora var. occidentalis (A. Gray) Leonard
• Ruellia nudiflora var. yucatana Leonard
• Ruellia occidentalis (A. Gray) Tharp & F. A. Barkley
• Ruellia strictopaniculata Tharp & Barkl.
• Ruellia tuberosa var. occidentalis A.Gray
• Ruellia yucatana (Leonard) Tharp & F. A. Barkley

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern USA USA (Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Belize, ?Colombia (?Choc) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Urban, I., Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 7:382. 1912

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ruellia nudiflora. 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 nudiflora. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 22 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Ruellia nudiflora in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 22.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia nudiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruellia nudiflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: violet wild petunia
español: Triquitraque

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