Ruellia jussieuoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub of the tropical Americas, native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa, Rica, and Panama, and Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and West-Central and southeastern Brazil.[1] It is native to the Cerrado ecoregion of Brazil.
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| Ruellia jussieuoides |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Lamiales |
| Family: |
Acanthaceae |
| Genus: |
Ruellia |
| Species: |
R. jussieuoides |
| Binomial name |
Ruellia jussieuoides
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Arrhostoxylum achimeniflorum Oerst. (1855)
- Arrhostoxylum jussieuoides Nees (1847)
- Dipteracanthus puri Nees (1847)
- Dipteracanthus puri subvar. ampliflorus Nees (1847)
- Dipteracanthus puri subvar. angustiflorus (Nees) Nees (1847)
- Dipteracanthus puri var. angustifolius Nees (1847)
- Dipteracanthus puri var. gymnocladus Nees (1847)
- Ruellia achimeniflorum (Oerst.) Hemsl. (1882)
- Ruellia bangii Rusby (1896)
- Ruellia lechleri Britton ex Rusby (1900)
- Ruellia lechleri var. grandifolia Britton ex Rusby (1900)
- Ruellia puri (Nees) B.D.Jacks. (1893)
- Ruellia puri var. longipetiolata S.Moore (1895)
- Tacoanthus pearcei Baill. (1890)
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