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Ruellia brevifolia

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Germination/Propagation
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643ff89182852473802592
Scientific name Ruellia brevifolia
Authority (Pohl) C.Ezcurra
First published in Darwiniana 29: 278 (1989)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ruellia serratitheca Rusby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 362 (1927)
Ruellia longifolia (Pohl) Griseb. Abh. Ges. Wiss. Gottingen xxiv. 260 (1879).
Ruellia ventricosa Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 241. 1818
Ruellia graecizans Backer Brittonia 3: 85 (1938)
Ruellia cayenennsis Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 823 (1825)
Ruellia amoena Nees Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 203, in syn. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]
Stephanophysum brevifolium Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 84 (1831)
Stephanophysum longifolium Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 85 (1831)
Stephanophysum macrandrum Bremek. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 72: 425 (1969)
Stephanophysum ventricosum Nees Prodr. 11: 203 (1847)
Stephanophysum longifolium var. microphyllum Nees Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 203. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]
Cyrtacanthus corymbosus Mart. ex Nees Fl. Bras. (Martius) 9: 51. 1847 [1 Jun 1847]
Echinacanthus dichotomus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 489 (1891)
Ruellia amoena Nees ex Backer Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 2(Suppl. 3): 412 (1909)
Stephanophysum longifolium var. microphyllum Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 51 (1847)

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Language Common/alternative name
English tropical wild petunia
Chinese 短叶芦莉
Chinese 美丽芦莉草

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  • Africa
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Leeward Islands
    • Central America
      • El Salvador
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000402028
USDA Plants RUBR12
Tropicos 103075
INPN 630931
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:947317-1
The Plant List kew-2421718
Open Tree Of Life 643941
NCBI Taxonomy 13660
Nature Serve 2.142487
IPNI 947317-1
iNaturalist 168209
GBIF 5415377
Freebase /m/0frdy9
EPPO RUEBF
EOL 480605
USDA GRIN 409586
Wikipedia Ruellia_brevifolia

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Scientific Literature Top

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Reproductive character displacement and potential underlying drivers in a species‐rich and florally diverse lineage of tropical angiosperms (Ruellia; Acanthaceae) Tripp EA, Dexter KG, Stone HB Ecol Evol 16-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8093712
doi:10.1002/ece3.7371
PMID:33976842
A Phytosociological Study on Andean Rainforests of Peru, and a Comparison with the Surrounding Countries Galán-de-Mera A, Campos-de-la-Cruz J, Linares-Perea E, Montoya-Quino J, Torres-Marquina I, Vicente-Orellana JA Plants (Basel) 26-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7761437
doi:10.3390/plants9121654
PMID:33256180
Spatio-temporal effects of climate change on the geographical distribution and flowering phenology of hummingbird-pollinated plants Correa-Lima AP, Varassin IG, Barve N, Zwiener VP Ann Bot 16-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6798834
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz079
PMID:31310652
Documentation of Herbal Medicines Used for the Treatment and Management of Human Diseases by Some Communities in Southern Ghana Boadu AA, Asase A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 08-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5480049
doi:10.1155/2017/3043061
PMID:28684965
Checklist of vascular plants of the Department of Ñeembucú, Paraguay Egea JD, Peña-Chocarro M, Espada C, Knapp S PhytoKeys 30-Jan-2012
PMCID:PMC3281576
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.9.2279
PMID:22371688

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