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This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico (Querétaro, Veracruz, Puebla).

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast

Introduced into:

El Salvador, New South Wales, Queensland, Réunion

Ruellia longepetiolata (Oerst.) Hemsl. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Liebman, F. [s.n.], Mexico K000064232 Unknown type material

First published in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 506 (1882)

Accepted by

  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • GBIF (2008-continuously updated). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.

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