Ruttya

Ruttya is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes six species native to eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, and the southern Arabian Peninsula.^[1]

Ruttya
Ruttya fruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Justicieae
Genus:	Ruttya Harv. (1842)
Species[1]
6; see text
Synonyms[1]
Haplanthera Hochst. (1843)

Species

Six species are accepted.^[1]

• Ruttya bernieri Benoist – Madagascar
• Ruttya fragrans Benoist – Madagascar
• Ruttya fruticosa Lindau – northeastern tropical Africa and southern Arabian Peninsula
• Ruttya ovata Harv. – Mozambique, Eswatini, and South Africa
• Ruttya speciosa (Hochst.) Engl. – northern and northwestern Ethiopia
• Ruttya tricolor Benoist – Madagascar