Ruellia patula

Ruellia patula

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 patula

Name

Ruellia patula L., 1753.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dipteracanthus patulus (Jacq.) Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 82 (1832)
  • Petalidium patulum (Jacq.) Dalzell & A.Gibson in Bombay Fl.: 185 (1861)
• Heterotypic
  • Barleria sudanica (Schweinf.) Lindau in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 368 (1895)
  • Dipteracanthus erectus Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 82 (1832)
  • Dipteracanthus matutinus C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 524 (1845)
  • Dipteracanthus ocymoides C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 528 (1845)
  • Dipteracanthus pallidus Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 126 (1847)
  • Dipteracanthus patulus var. obtusior Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 126 (1847)
  • Dipteracanthus sudanicus Schweinf. in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 679 (1868)
  • Ruellia aromatica Roxb. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 127 (1847), pro syn.
  • Ruellia axillaris Wall. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 127 (1847), pro syn.
  • Ruellia bracteophylla Chiov. in Fl. Somala 1: 246 (1929)
  • Ruellia concavifolia Ortega in Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 94 (1798)
  • Ruellia erecta B.Heyne ex Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 308 (1821), nom. illeg.
  • Ruellia erecta var. elongata Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 309 (1821)
  • Ruellia gongodes Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 187 (1902)
  • Ruellia huttonii T.Anderson in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 25 (1863)
  • Ruellia ibbensis Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 15 (1894)
  • Ruellia matutina Hochst. & Steud. ex C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 524 (1845)
  • Ruellia ocymoides Cav. in Icon. 5: 9 (1799)
  • Ruellia ovata Gouan ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 127 (1847), pro syn.
  • Ruellia pallida Vahl in Symb. Bot. 2: 72 (1791)
  • Ruellia patula var. dumicola Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 348 (1932)
  • Ruellia patula var. erythraea A.Terracc. in Ann. Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 102 (1893)
  • Ruellia patula var. pubescens Balf.f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 407 (1884)
  • Ruellia socotrana Vierh. in Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 71: 456 (1907)
  • Ruellia sudanica (Schweinf.) Lindau in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 28 (1894)

Homonyms

• Ruellia patula Salzm. ex Nees = Ruellia bahiensis (Nees) Morongh

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Mali, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Angola, Botswana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Niger, Central African Republic, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Socotra, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mauritania Continental: Asia-Temperate Pakistan (Karachi, Baluchistan, N.W. Frontier Prov., Peshawar, Pakistani Punjab), Myanmar [Burma], India (throughout), peninsular Malaysia (P. Song Song, Kedah), Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Christmas Isl. (Austr.), Egypt (SE-Egypt), Oman (Dhofar), Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir, Nejd Desert), Yemen (Aden Desert, Inner Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 653. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ruellia patula. 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. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ruellia patula. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 22 2018. Reference page.
• The Plant List 2013. Ruellia patula in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 22.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia patula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jun. 2018.

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