Ruellia lactea

Ruellia lactea

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 lactea

Name

Ruellia lactea Cav., 1795

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cryphiacanthus lacteus (Cav.) Nees in Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1841: [3] (1841)
  • Dipteracanthus lacteus (Cav.) C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 528 (1845)
• Heterotypic
  • Cryphiacanthus lacteus var. acaulis Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 198 (1847)
  • Cryphiacanthus macrosiphon Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 198 (1847)
  • Ruellia abbreviata D.N.Gibson in Fieldiana, Bot. 34(6): 78 (1972)
  • Ruellia divaricata Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 193 (1824)
  • Ruellia hispida DC. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 198 (1847), not validly publ.
  • Ruellia hoffmannseggii Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 481 (1841)
  • Ruellia lactea var. acaulis (Nees) Hemsl. in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 506 (1882)
  • Ruellia longituba D.N.Gibson in Fieldiana, Bot. 34(6): 80 (1972)
  • Ruellia macrosiphon Lindau in Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 309 (1895), nom. illeg.
  • Ruellia ovata Willd. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 49 (1847), not validly publ.
  • Ruellia prostrata Pav. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 198 (1847), not validly publ.
  • Ruellia sessilis Balb. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 198 (1847), not validly publ.
  • Ruellia verticillata Pav. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 198 (1847), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Guatemala References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Cavanilles, A.J., Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 3: 28, t. 255. 1794[1795].

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ruellia lactea. 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 lactea. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 21 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ruellia lactea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia lactea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

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