- Family: Acanthaceae Juss.
- Genus: Ruellia Plum. ex L.
Ruellia elegans Poir.
- Genus: Ruellia Plum. ex L.
Native to:
Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Ruellia elegans Poir. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Souza, V.C. [5059], Brazil | K001048037 | |||
Kuhlmann, M. [1518], Brazil | K001048038 | |||
Graham [s.n.], Brazil | K001048035 | |||
Weir, J. [s.n.], Brazil | K001048032 | |||
Weir, J. [s.n.], Brazil | K001048033 | |||
Groppo, M. [595], Brazil | K001048036 | |||
Glaziou [15297], Brazil | K001048034 |
First published in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 727 (1816)
Accepted by
- Funez, L.A. & al. (2017). Fifty-five new records of vascular plants, and other discoveries for the flora of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 72: 221-275.
- Murugan, C., Singh, L.J., Prabhu, S. & Sathiyaseelan, R. (2014). The genus Ruellia L. (Acanthaceae) in Andaman and Nicobar islands Indian Journal of Forestry 37: 425-428.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- —Maroyi in Kirkia 18: 194 (2006). Scarlet Ruellia.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
- Murugan, C., Singh, L.J., Prabhu, S. & Sathiyaseelan, R. (2014). The genus Ruellia L. (Acanthaceae) in Andaman and Nicobar islands Indian Journal of Forestry 37: 425-428.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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