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Ruellia humilis

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID6440439f02cb5242823626
Scientific name Ruellia humilis
Authority Nutt.
First published in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 5: 182 (1835)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Gymnacanthus humilis Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 127 (1855)
Ruellia caroliniensis f. alba Steyerm. Rhodora 41(492): 585 1939
Ruellia ciliosa var. longiflora A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2, pt. 1: 326. 1878
Ruellia ciliosa var. humilis Britton Trans. New York Acad. Sci. 9: 185 (1890)
Ruellia humilis f. alba (Steyerm.) Fernald Rhodora 47: 54 (1945)
Ruellia humilis var. longiflora (A.Gray) Fernald Rhodora 47: 56 (1945)
Ruellia humilis f. grisea Fernald Rhodora 47: 54 (1945)
Ruellia caroliniensis var. parviflora (Nees) S.F.Blake Rhodora 17: 134 (1915)
Ruellia humilis var. calvescens Fernald Rhodora 47: 60 (1945)
Ruellia humilis var. depauperata Tharp & F.A.Barkley Amer. Midl. Naturalist 42: 73 (1949)
Ruellia humilis var. expansa Fernald Rhodora 47: 58 (1945)
Ruellia humilis var. frondosa Fernald Rhodora 47: 54 (1945)
Ruellia humilis var. typica Fernald Rhodora 47: 51 (1945)
Dipteracanthus ciliosus var. parviflorus Nees Prodr. 11: 123 (1847)
Ruellia ciliosa var. parviflora (Nees) Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 300 (1894)

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Language Common/alternative name
English fringeleaf wild petunia
English fringe-leaf wild petunia
German behaarte ruellie
Chinese 矮芦莉草

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Start at 4°C for 3 months, then warm to 20°C for another 3 months.
4°C x 14 weeks (very important for best germination), then 20°C

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • Oklahoma
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Indiana
      • Michigan
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • West Virginia
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
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      • Mississippi
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      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001045430
Flora of Alabama 239
USDA Plants RUHU
Tropicos 103977
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54161-1
The Plant List tro-103977
Missouri Botanical Garden 275298
Open Tree Of Life 1057981
NCBI Taxonomy 192256
Nature Serve 2.144889
IPNI 54161-1
iNaturalist 119651
GBIF 5415395
Freebase /m/0fzhqx
WisFlora 4912
EOL 590267
USDA GRIN 450034
Wikipedia Ruellia_humilis
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:224152-2
IPNI 224152-2
GBIF 5415396

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Pollinator Proboscis Length Plays a Key Role in Floral Integration of Honeysuckle Flowers (Lonicera spp.) Xiang GJ, Lázaro A, Dai XK, Xia J, Yang CF Plants (Basel) 12-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10144162
doi:10.3390/plants12081629
PMID:37111853
Evidence for an evo‐devo‐derived hypothesis on three‐dimensional flower shape modularity in a tropical orchid clade Artuso S, Gamisch A, Staedler YM, Schönenberger J, Comes HP Evolution 01-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9828045
doi:10.1111/evo.14621
PMID:36128635
History of Herbicide-Resistant Traits in Cotton in the U.S. and the Importance of Integrated Weed Management for Technology Stewardship Vulchi R, Bagavathiannan M, Nolte SA Plants (Basel) 28-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9104934
doi:10.3390/plants11091189
PMID:35567190
Diversity of the Bacterial Microbiome Associated With the Endosphere and Rhizosphere of Different Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Genotypes Ha J, Gao Y, Zhang R, Li K, Zhang Y, Niu X, Chen X, Luo K, Chen Y Front Microbiol 30-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8515189
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.729022
PMID:34659156
Metagenomic Studies of Viruses in Weeds and Wild Plants: A Powerful Approach to Characterise Variable Virus Communities Hasiów-Jaroszewska B, Boezen D, Zwart MP Viruses 27-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8539035
doi:10.3390/v13101939
PMID:34696369
Effects of prescribed fire timing on grazing performance of yearling beef cattle, forage biomass accumulation, and plant community characteristics on native tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills Duncan ZM, Tajchman AJ, Ramirez MP, Lemmon J, Hollenbeck WR, Blasi DA, Fick WH, Olson KC Transl Anim Sci 09-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8494120
doi:10.1093/tas/txab077
PMID:34632310
Evaluating Native Bee Communities and Nutrition in Managed Grasslands Stein DS, Debinski DM, Pleasants JM, Toth AL Environ Entomol 26-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7293027
doi:10.1093/ee/nvaa009
PMID:32215621
Long-Term Warming Shifts the Composition of Bacterial Communities in the Phyllosphere of Galium album in a Permanent Grassland Field-Experiment Aydogan EL, Moser G, Müller C, Kämpfer P, Glaeser SP Front Microbiol 13-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5816784
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00144
PMID:29487575
Genetic and environmental integration of the hawkmoth pollination syndrome in Ruellia humilis (Acanthaceae) Heywood JS, Michalski JS, McCann BK, Russo AD, Andres KJ, Hall AR, Middleton TC Ann Bot 28-Feb-2017
PMCID:PMC5604580
doi:10.1093/aob/mcx003
PMID:28334177
Magnetic Microbead Affinity Selection Screening (MagMass) of Botanical Extracts for Inhibitors of 15-Lipoxygenase Rush MD, Walker EM, Burton T, van Breemen RB J Nat Prod 01-Nov-2016
PMCID:PMC5148709
doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00693
PMID:27802026
Influences of Plant Species, Season and Location on Leaf Endophytic Bacterial Communities of Non-Cultivated Plants Ding T, Melcher U PLoS One 14-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4790846
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150895
PMID:26974817
Determinants of taxonomic composition of plant viruses at the Nature Conservancy’s Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma Thapa V, McGlinn DJ, Melcher U, Palmer MW, Roossinck MJ Virus Evol 24-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC5014475
doi:10.1093/ve/vev007
PMID:27774279
Intraspecific variation of a dominant grass and local adaptation in reciprocal garden communities along a US Great Plains’ precipitation gradient: implications for grassland restoration with climate change Johnson LC, Olsen JT, Tetreault H, DeLaCruz A, Bryant J, Morgan TJ, Knapp M, Bello NM, Baer SG, Maricle BR Evol Appl 16-Jul-2015
PMCID:PMC4516422
doi:10.1111/eva.12281
PMID:26240607
Ecological Consequences of Shifting the Timing of Burning Tallgrass Prairie Towne EG, Craine JM PLoS One 31-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4117529
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103423
PMID:25077487
An effective system to produce smoke solutions from dried plant tissue for seed germination studies Coons J, Coutant N, Lawrence B, Finn D, Finn S Appl Plant Sci 26-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC4103107
doi:10.3732/apps.1300097
PMID:25202613

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