Ruellia blechum
Ruellia blechum

Taxonavigation edit

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 blechum

Name edit

Ruellia blechum L., 1759.

Synonyms edit

    • Blechum blechum (L.) Millsp. in Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 100 (1900), not validly publ.
    • Blechum brownei Juss. in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 270 (1807)
  • Heterotypic
    • Alvarezia parviflora Pav. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847)
    • Barleria pyramidalis Lam. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 243 (1847), not validly publ.
    • Barleria pyramidata Lam. in Encycl. 1: 380 (1785)
    • Blechum brownei Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 238 (1818), nom. illeg.
    • Blechum brownei f. albiflora Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 483 (1891)
    • Blechum brownei f. coeruleum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 483 (1891)
    • Blechum brownei var. laxum Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847)
    • Blechum brownei f. puberulum Leonard in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 32: 184 (1942)
    • Blechum brownei var. subcordatum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 483 (1891)
    • Blechum haenkei Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 467 (1847)
    • Blechum linnaei Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 465 (1847)
    • Blechum linnaei var. laxum Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847)
    • Blechum linnaei var. nanum Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847)
    • Blechum linnaei var. parviflora Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847)
    • Blechum linnaei var. parviflorum Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847)
    • Blechum luzonium Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847)
    • Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 323 (1918)
    • Blechum trinitense Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847)
    • Dianthera eustachiana Hook. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847), not validly publ.
    • Justicia carthagenensis Willd. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847), not validly publ.
    • Justicia carthaginensis Nees & Mart. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11: 56 (1823), nom. illeg.
    • Justicia lupulina Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 40 (1791)
    • Justicia martinicensis Sieber ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847)
    • Ruellia bracteata Vahl ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847), not validly publ.
    • Ruellia gairae Rohr ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847), not validly publ.
    • Ruellia parviflora Sessé & Moc. in Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 147 (1894), nom. illeg.
    • Ruellia rohrii Vahl ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 466 (1847), not validly publ.
    • Ruellia uliginosa Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 494 (1837), sensu auct.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan)
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Peru, Galapagos Isl., Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Trinidad, Tobago, Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Cauca, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Quindo, Risaralda, Santander, Valle), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 1120.

Additional references edit

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Vernacular names edit

English: Browne's blechum, Campeche mallow, Genou casse, Penguin Balsam
español: Yerba de papagayo
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