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Internal ID UUID6440435bf1bbe448773862
Scientific name Ruellia strepens
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 634 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Dipteracanthus micranthus Engelm. & Gray Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 257 (1854)
Dipteracanthus oblongatus Nees Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1840: [3] (1840)
Dipteracanthus strepens var. strictus Nees Prodr. 11: 122 (1847)
Dipteracanthus strictus Nees Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1838: [3] (1839)
Hygrophila illinoiensis Alph.Wood ex A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 327 (1878)
Ruellia strepens f. cleistantha (A.Gray) S.McCoy Amer. Bot. (Binghamton) 43: 24 (1937)
Dipteracanthus strepens var. calycinus Nees Prodr. 11: 121 (1847)
Dipteracanthus strepens var. clandestinus Nees Prodr. 11: 122 (1847)
Dipteracanthus strepens var. dillenii Nees Prodr. 11: 122 (1847)
Ruellia vinciflora DC. ex Nees Prodr. 11: 122 (1847)
Ruellia foliosa Schwein. ex Nees Prodr. 11: 122 (1847)
Dipteracanthus strepens C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 527 (1845)
Ruellia strepens f. alba Steyerm. Rhodora 54: 258 (1952)
Dipteracanthus strepens f. pedunculatus Nees Prodr. 11: 122 (1847)
Ruellia strepens var. cleistantha A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 327 (1878)
Ruellia strepens var. micrantha (Engelm. & A.Gray) Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 300 (1894)
Ruellia oblongifolia Nees Prodr. 11: 122 (1847)
Ruellia ovata Nees Prodr. 11: 122 (1847)
Ruellia biflora Balb. ex Nees Prodr. 11: 122 (1847)

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Language Common/alternative name
English limestone wild petunia
German kahle ruellie

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001044236
Flora of Alabama 245
USDA Plants RUST2
Tropicos 101012
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54614-1
The Plant List tro-101012
Missouri Botanical Garden 275303
Open Tree Of Life 1098316
NCBI Taxonomy 441029
Nature Serve 2.138843
IPNI 54614-1
iNaturalist 130044
GBIF 5415414
EOL 468927
USDA GRIN 32509
Wikipedia Ruellia_strepens

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