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Internal ID UUID643ff88e8c4ca635795623
Scientific name Ruellia geminiflora
Authority Kunth
First published in Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 240 (1818)

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Ruellia geminiflora, also known as ipecacuanha-da-flor-roxa, is a plant species found in Argentina, Brazil, Guianas, and Venezuela. It is commonly found in Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation. The roots of this plant may contain toxic substances. It was previously believed that Ruellia vindex was a variety of this species.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ruellia subacaulis K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 12 (1855)
Ruellia lindmaniana Fritsch Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 24(3; 5): 25 (1898)
Ruellia porrigens Lindau Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 363 (1895)
Ruellia vindex Lindau Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 311 (1895)
Ruellia hirsuta Vell. Fl. Flumin. 266. 1829 [1825 publ. 7 Sep-28 Nov 1829] ; see also Fl. Flumin. Icon. 6: t. 96. 1831. [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831]
Ruellia canescens Lindau Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 311 (1895)
Ruellia geminiflora var. hirsutior (Nees) Hicken Darwiniana 1: 140. 1924
Ruellia geminiflora var. angustifolia (Nees) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 451 (1862)
Ruellia geminiflora f. albiflora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 249 (1898)
Ulleria geminiflora (Kunth) Bremek. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 72: 423 (1969)
Ulleria angustifolia (Nees) Bremek. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 72: 424 (1969)
Copioglossa pilosa Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 294 (1863)
Dipteracanthus angustifolius (Nees) Bremek. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 47: 157 (1938)
Dipteracanthus canescens Nees London J. Bot. 4: 635 (1845)
Dipteracanthus geminiflorus Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 40 (1847)
Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. angustifolius Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 40 (1847)
Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. erectus Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 40 (1847)
Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. hirsutior Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 40 (1847)
Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. procumbens Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 40 (1847)
Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. subacaulis Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 40 (1847)
Dipteracanthus hirsutus Vell. Fl. Flumin. 6: t. 96 (1829)
Dipteracanthus humilis Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 39 (1847)
Dipteracanthus humilis var. diffusus Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 40 (1847)
Dipteracanthus humilis var. minor Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 39 (1847)
Dipteracanthus nanus Nees Prodr. 11: 137 (1847)
Dipteracanthus porrigens Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 41 (1847)
Dipteracanthus porrigens var. triflorus Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 41 (1847)
Dipteracanthus vindex Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 42 (1847)
Gymnacanthus campestris Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 126 (1855)
Gymnacanthus geminiflorus Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 127 (1855)
Ruellia geminiflora var. humilis (Nees) Griseb. Pl. Lorentz. : 176 (1874)
Ruellia campestris Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 504 (1882)
Ruellia hirsuta Nees Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 148. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]
Ruellia geminiflora var. hirsutior Nees Prodr. 11: 136 1847
Ruellia elliptica Rusby Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 74. 1900
Ruellia hypericifolia Rusby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 363 (1927)

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000401934
Tropicos 103186
INPN 630579
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54085-1
The Plant List kew-2421576
Missouri Botanical Garden 296207
Open Tree Of Life 259284
NCBI Taxonomy 440959
IPNI 54085-1
iNaturalist 290955
GBIF 7263854
Freebase /m/0h3vty
EPPO RUEGE
EOL 6924092
Wikipedia Ruellia_geminiflora

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Which Approach Is More Effective in the Selection of Plants with Antimicrobial Activity? Silva AC, Santana EF, Saraiva AM, Coutinho FN, Castro RH, Pisciottano MN, Amorim EL, Albuquerque UP Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 26-Jun-2013
PMCID:PMC3710641
doi:10.1155/2013/308980
PMID:23878595
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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