Ruellia coccinea

Ruellia coccinea

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 coccinea

Name

Ruellia coccinea (L.) Vahl, 1784

Synonyms

• Arrhostoxylum coccineum (L.) Nees
• Barleria coccinea L.
• Erythracanthus coccineus (L.) Presl
• Stemonacanthus coccineus (L.) Griseb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional:Caribbean Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Vahl, M. 1794. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 3. 106 pp., tt. 51–75. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. : 3: 83.

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 coccinea. 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 coccinea. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 21 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Ruellia coccinea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 21.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia coccinea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

español: Yerba maravilla

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