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Ruellia elegans

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID644057b596cc4798103171
Scientific name Ruellia elegans
Authority Poir.
First published in Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 727 (1816)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Stemonacanthus formosus T.Anderson J. Agric. Soc. India , n.s., 1: 270 (1868)
Arrhostoxylum formosum Nees Prodr. 11: 215 (1847)
Asystasia formosa Hort.Calc. ex T.Anderson J. Agric. Soc. India , n.s., 1: 270 (1868)
Arrhostoxylum formosa (Bonpl.) Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 62 1847
Arrhostoxylon silvaccola var. montanum Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 60 (1847)
Arrhostoxylum elegans (Poir.) Bremek. & Nann.-Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 , 45(1): 12 (1948)
Ruellia superba D.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 17: 307 (1821)
Ruellia rosea (Nees) W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 143: 8 (1878)
Ruellia speciosa Mart. ex Nees Prodr. 11: 215 (1847)
Ruellia formosa Andrews Bot. Repos. 10: t. 610 (1810)
Arrhostoxylum silvaccola var. montanum Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 60 (1847)

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Language Common/alternative name
Japanese ルエリア・エレガンス
Chinese 艳芦莉
Chinese 艳芦莉草
Chinese 艶蘆莉

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
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      • Puerto Rico

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001263659
Tropicos 50209649
INPN 630577
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54035-1
The Plant List tro-50209649
Open Tree Of Life 782425
NCBI Taxonomy 440949
IPNI 54035-1
iNaturalist 357468
GBIF 5574693
EPPO RUEEL
Wikipedia Ruellia_elegans

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Plant Resource Use and Pattern of Usage by the Naturalized Orchid Bee (Euglossa dilemma: Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Florida Pemberton RW Insects 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10743517
doi:10.3390/insects14120909
PMID:38132583
Co-expression network analyses of anthocyanin biosynthesis genes in Ruellia (Wild Petunias; Acanthaceae) Zhuang Y, Manzitto-Tripp EA BMC Ecol Evol 08-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8905905
doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01955-x
PMID:35260074
Pest categorisation of Phenacoccus solenopsis Bragard C, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Gregoire J, Malumphy C, Campese C, Czwienczek E, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A EFSA J 18-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8371560
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6801
PMID:34429782
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
Genome-scale transcriptional study of hybrid effects and regulatory divergence in an F1 hybrid Ruellia (Wild Petunias: Acanthaceae) and its parents Zhuang Y, Tripp EA BMC Plant Biol 17-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5240417
doi:10.1186/s12870-016-0962-6
PMID:28095782
A study on traditional medicinal plants of Uthapuram, Madurai District, Tamilnadu, South India Sivasankari B, Pitchaimani S, Anandharaj M Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 01-Dec-2013
PMCID:PMC3805093
doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60188-4
PMID:24093789
Origin of African Physacanthus (Acanthaceae) via Wide Hybridization Tripp EA, Fatimah S, Darbyshire I, McDade LA PLoS One 30-Jan-2013
PMCID:PMC3559597
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055677
PMID:23383261

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