Ruellia prostrata

Ruellia prostrata

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 prostrata
Varieties: R. p. var. prostrata R. p. var. rivularis

Name

Ruellia prostrata Poir., 1804.

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 81 (1832)
    • Ruellia patula var. prostrata (Poir.) Chiov. in Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, ser. 4, 7: 146 (1936)

Homonyms

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, N-Namibia (incl. Caprivi Strip), South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga), Swaziland
  • Continental: Asie
    • Yemen, Oman, Java, India (throughout), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan (Sind, Rawalpindi), Indonesia, Moluccas, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Christmas Isl. (Austr.)

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: prostrate wild petunia
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