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7965.000 Ruellia
STEPHANOPHYSUM Pohl
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Description of the genus
Perennial herbs, erect or prostrate, or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, petiolate or sessile; margins entire. Inflorescence axillary or terminal; either solitary or in cymes or panicles; bracts inconspicuous. Flowers often showy in cultivated species, red, yellow, purple or white. Calyx deeply 5-partite; lobes linear or lanceolate. Corolla tube usually straight, with 5 ± equal lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous. Fruit a capsule. Seeds 4-20 flattened, ovate or orbicular on strong retinacula. Derivation of name: After Jean de la Ruelle, 1474 - 1537, French physician and botanist. Worldwide: 250 species in tropical and temperate regions. Mozambique: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bignoniiflora (Lindau) S. Moore | T | Description, Image |
| cordata Thunb. | MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| patula Jacq. | Z,GI,M | Description, Image |
| praetermissa Lindau | N | |
| prostrata Poir. | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Ruellia:
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Flora of Botswana: RuelliaFlora of Caprivi: Ruellia
Flora of Malawi: Ruellia
Flora of Zambia: Ruellia
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Ruellia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ruellia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ruellia
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): RuelliaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Ruellia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ruellia
Wikipedia: Ruellia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ruellia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ruellia
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