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Internal ID UUID64404358965ff049569750
Scientific name Ruellia lactea
Authority Cav.
First published in Icon. 3: 28 (1795)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ruellia divaricata Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. : 193 (1824)
Ruellia hoffmannseggii Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 481 (1841)
Cryphiacanthus lacteus Nees Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1841: [3] (1841)
Cryphiacanthus lacteus var. acaulis Nees Prodr. 11: 198 (1847)
Cryphiacanthus macrosiphon Nees Prodr. 11: 198 (1847)
Dipteracanthus lacteus C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 528 (1845)
Ruellia abbreviata D.N.Gibson Fieldiana, Bot. 34(6): 78 (1972)
Ruellia longituba D.N.Gibson Fieldiana, Bot. 34(6): 80 (1972)
Ruellia lactea var. acaulis (Nees) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2(12): 506 1882
Ruellia sessilis Balb. ex Nees Prodr. 11: 198 (1847)
Ruellia prostrata Pav. ex Nees Prodr. 11: 198 (1847)
Ruellia macrosiphon Lindau Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 309 (1895)
Ruellia ovata Willd. ex Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 49 (1847)
Ruellia verticillata Pav. ex Nees Prodr. 11: 198 (1847)
Ruellia hispida DC. ex Nees Prodr. 11: 198 (1847)

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
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      • Mexico Southwest

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001044189
Tropicos 100933
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54211-1
The Plant List tro-100933
Open Tree Of Life 399942
NCBI Taxonomy 440977
IPNI 54211-1
iNaturalist 290996
GBIF 7263660

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Ixcatec ethnoecology: plant management and biocultural heritage in Oaxaca, Mexico Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, Rivera-Lozoya E, Torres-García I, Vallejo-Ramos M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Jul-2016
PMCID:PMC4955254
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0101-3
PMID:27439512

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