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, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 6: 321 (1870).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Arrhostoxylum microphyllum Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 61 (1847).
  - Ruellia microphylla (Nees) Lindau, Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 16 (1894), nom. illeg.
- 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 tweedyana Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 259 (1879).
- Ruellia spectabilis Britton, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 192 (1893), nom. illeg.
- Ruellia coerulea Morong, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 193 (1893).
- Ruellia malacosperma Greenm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 572 (1899).
- Ruellia longipes Urb., Symb. Antill. 9: 129 (1923).
- Ruellia ignorantiae Herter, Revista Sudamer. Bot. 4: 193 (1937).
- Ruellia brittoniana Leonard, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31: 96 (1941), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced)
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Sicilia.
Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Myanmar, South China Sea.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Lesser Sunda Islands.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - Solomon Islands.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Cook Islands.
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama (introduced), Florida, Georgia (introduced), Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina (introduced).
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central (Morelos, Puebla), Mexico Northeast (Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest (Oaxaca), Mexico Southeast (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bermuda (introduced), Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela (introduced).
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos (introduced), Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central (Mato Grosso), Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast (Sao Paulo), Brazil South (Rio Grande do Sul).
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast (Cordoba, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe), Argentina Northwest (Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman), Paraguay, Uruguay.

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

References

Primary references

Wright, C. 1870. Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 6: 321 [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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ruellia simplex in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sep 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Ruellia simplex. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Sep 2024.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ruellia simplex. Published online. Accessed: 23 Sep 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Ruellia simplex. Accessed: 23 Sep 2024.
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
українська: Руелія проста
中文: 紫花芦莉草

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