Ruellia simplex

Ruellia simplex

Ruellia simplex

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 simplex

Name

Ruellia simplex C.Wright, 1870

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Arrhostoxylum microphyllum Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 61 (1847)
  • Cryphiacanthus angustifolius Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 199 (1847)
  • Ruellia angustifolia (Nees) Lindau in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 311 (1895), nom. illeg.
  • Ruellia brittoniana Leonard in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31: 96 (1941), nom. superfl.
  • Ruellia coerulea Morong in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 193 (1893)
  • Ruellia ignorantiae Herter in Revista Sudamer. Bot. 4: 193 (1937)
  • Ruellia longipes Urb. in Symb. Antill. 9: 129 (1923)
  • Ruellia malacosperma Greenm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 572 (1899)
  • Ruellia microphylla (Nees) Lindau in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 16 (1894), nom. illeg.
  • Ruellia spectabilis Britton in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 192 (1893), nom. illeg.
  • Ruellia tweedyana Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 259 (1879)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) Continental: Southern America Honduras, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. John, Tortola), Lesser Antilles (Montserrat, St. Lucia), Argentina (Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Misiones, Neembucu, Paraguari, Pres. Hayes, San Pedro), Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Florida Prov., Montevideo, Rivera, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso), SE-Brazil (Sao Paulo), Venezuela (Cojedes, Distrito Federal) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wright, C., Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 6:321. 1870 (Fl. cub. 97)

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 simplex. 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 simplex. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 22 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ruellia simplex in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia simplex. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruellia simplex in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Britton's wild petunia, Mexican petunia, Mexican bluebell
українська: Руелія проста, мексиканська петунія, мексиканський пролісок
中文: 紫花芦莉草

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