Ruellia elegans

Ruellia elegans

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 elegans

Name

Ruellia elegans Poir., 1816

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Arrhostoxylum elegans (Poir.) Bremek. & Nann.-Bremek. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(1): 12 (1948)
  • Heterotypic
    • Arrhostoxylum formosum Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 215 (1847)
    • Arrhostoxylum roseum Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 61 (1847)
    • Arrhostoxylum silvaccola var. montanum Nees in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 9: 60 (1847)
    • Asystasia formosa T.Anderson in J. Agric. Soc. India, n.s., 1: 270 (1868)
    • Ruellia formosa Andrews in Bot. Repos. 10: t. 610 (1810), nom. illeg.
    • Ruellia rosea (Nees) W.Bull in Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 143: 8 (1878)
    • Ruellia speciosa Mart. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 215 (1847), not validly publ.
    • Ruellia superba D.Dietr. in Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 17: 307 (1821)
    • Stemonacanthus formosus T.Anderson in J. Agric. Soc. India, n.s., 1: 270 (1868)

Homonyms

  • Ruellia elegans Hook. = Strobilanthes crossandra (Steud.) J.R.I.Wood

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Brazil
      • SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo), S-Brazil (Parana)

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

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