Ruellia simplex
Table of Contents
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643ff873cb0f6701114963 |
| Scientific name | Ruellia simplex |
| Authority | C.Wright |
| First published in | Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 6: 321 (1870) |
Description Top
Suggest a correction or write a new one!
Ruellia simplex, commonly known as the Mexican petunia, Mexican bluebell, or Britton's wild petunia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America, but has become an invasive species in Florida, the eastern Mediterranean, South Asia, and other parts of the eastern hemisphere. It is an evergreen perennial growing 3 ft tall, with lance-shaped leaves and trumpet-shaped flowers that are metallic blue to purple in color. It is mainly a plant of wet places, but can survive in drier conditions. The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is trying to reduce the number of home gardeners who plant R. simplex by recommending alternatives, especially Silphium asteriscus, Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, and Stokesia laevis.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Ruellia spectabilis | Britton | Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 192. 1893 |
| Ruellia longipes | Urb. | Symb. Antill. 9: 129 (1923) |
| Ruellia malacosperma | Greenm. | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 572 (1899) |
| Ruellia microphylla | Lindau | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19(4, Beibl. 48): 16. 1894 [28 Dec 1894] |
| Ruellia coerulea | Morong | Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 193 (1893) |
| Ruellia ignorantiae | Herter | Revista Sudamer. Bot. 4: 193 (1937) |
| Ruellia brittoniana | Leonard | J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31: 96 (1941) |
| Arrhostoxylum microphyllum | Nees | Fl. Bras. 9: 61 (1847) |
| Cryphiacanthus angustifolius | Nees | Prodr. 11: 199 (1847) |
| Ruellia tweediana | Griseb. | Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 259 (1879) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | mexican petunia |
| ceb | blechum angustifolium |
| Esperanto | meksika petunio |
| Indonesian | pohon mangga |
| Swedish | blechum angustifolium |
| Vietnamese | cỏ nổ thân cao |
| Chinese | 翠芦莉 |
| Chinese | 蓝花草 |
| Chinese | 紫花蘆莉草 |
| Chinese | 翡翠芦莉草 |
| Chinese | 紫花芦莉草 |
Germination/Propagation Top
Suggest a correction or add new data!| Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment. |
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
No distribution data was extracted from POWO/KEW yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000400995 |
| Florida Plant Atlas | 1302 |
| Flora of Alabama | 5260 |
| Tropicos | 50337790 |
| INPN | 910688 |
| Flora of Italy | 10640 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54585-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2420045 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | 293834 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 264125 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 1176413 |
| IPNI | 30414935-2 |
| iNaturalist | 126633 |
| GBIF | 5572994 |
| Freebase | /m/0fs7v0 |
| EOL | 590266 |
| USDA GRIN | 455109 |
| Wikipedia | Ruellia_simplex |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
If you wish to see all the related articles click here.
If you wish to see all the related articles click here.
Phytochemical Profile Top
Add a new one!
No natural compounds are linked yet. If you wish to help please use this tool.
Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |