Ruellia macrantha

Ruellia macrantha, or Christmas pride, is a species of flowering plant native to the cerrado vegetation of Brazil. It is often used as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Christmas pride
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Ruellia
Species:	R. macrantha
Binomial name
Ruellia macrantha (Nees) Van Houtte (1878-1879 publ. 1878)
Synonyms[1]
Bignonia elliptica Thunb. (1821) Dipteracanthus macranthus Nees (1847) Dipteracanthus speciosus C.Presl (1845) Ruellia magnifica Mart. ex Nees (1847), not validly publ. Ruellia speciosa Schott ex Nees (1847), not validly publ.