Ruellia tuberosa

Ruellia tuberosa

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 tuberosa

Name

Ruellia tuberosa L., Sp. Pl. 2: 635 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cryphiacanthus barbadensis Nees in Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1841: [3] (1841), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Dipteracanthus clandestinus (L.) C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 528 (1845)
  • Ruellia clandestina L. in Sp. Pl.: 634 (1753)
  • Ruellia lysimachia Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 198 (1847), not validly publ.
  • Ruellia paniculata Scop. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 197 (1847), not validly publ.
  • Ruellia picta G.Lodd. in Bot. Cab. 15: t. 1448 (1829), nom. nud.
  • Ruellia tuberosa var. humilis M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 281 (1894)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Mexico (Campeche, Chihuahua, Quintana Roo, Sonora, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Yucatan), Peru, Colombia (Antioquia, Bolvar, Boyac, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Sucre, Tolima) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 635. Reference page. 

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 tuberosa. 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. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ruellia tuberosa. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 23 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ruellia tuberosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia tuberosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruellia tuberosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: minnieroot, violet wild petunia

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