Ruellia blechum, the green shrimp plant or Browne's blechum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae.[2] It is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and northern and western South America, and has been introduced to Brazil, Taiwan, many Pacific islands, and the US states of Hawaii, Louisiana and Florida.[1] Its popularity as an ornamental has led to it becoming invasive in places as far flung as Papua New Guinea.[3]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
| Ruellia blechum |
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Plantae |
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Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
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Asterids |
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Lamiales |
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Acanthaceae |
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Ruellia |
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R. blechum |
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Ruellia blechum
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- Alvarezia parviflora Pav. ex Nees
- Barleria pyramidalis Lam. ex Nees
- Barleria pyramidata Lam.
- Blechum blechum (L.) Millsp.
- Blechum brownei Juss.
- Blechum brownei Kunth
- Blechum brownei f. albiflora Kuntze
- Blechum brownei f. coeruleum Kuntze
- Blechum brownei var. laxum Nees
- Blechum brownei f. puberulum Leonard
- Blechum brownei var. subcordatum Kuntze
- Blechum haenkei Nees
- Blechum linnaei Nees
- Blechum linnaei var. laxum Nees
- Blechum linnaei var. nanum Nees
- Blechum linnaei var. parviflora Nees
- Blechum linnaei var. parviflorum Nees
- Blechum luzonium Nees
- Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb.
- Blechum trinitense Nees
- Dianthera eustachiana Hook. ex Nees
- Justicia carthagenensis Willd. ex Nees
- Justicia carthaginensis Nees & Mart.
- Justicia lupulina Lam.
- Justicia martinicensis Sieber ex Nees
- Ruellia bracteata Vahl ex Nees
- Ruellia gairae Rohr ex Nees
- Ruellia parviflora Sessé & Moc.
- Ruellia rohrii Vahl ex Nees
- Ruellia uliginosa Blanco
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