Ruellia brevifolia

Ruellia brevifolia
Ruellia brevifolia

Taxonavigation

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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

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Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C.Ezcurra, 1989.

Synonyms

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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

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: tropical wild petunia
 
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