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June 2022

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genus

Ruellia Plum. ex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 634 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000033594.

Synonyms of Ruellia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Alvarezia	Pav. ex Nees	Prodr. 11: 465 (1847)	wfo-4000001425
Aphragmia	Nees	Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot. , ed. 2: 444 (1836)	wfo-4000002643
Aporuellia	C.B.Clarke	J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 74: 649 (1908)	wfo-4000002758
Arrhostoxylum	Mart. ex Nees	Prodr. 11: 209 (1847)	wfo-4000003124
Benoicanthus	Heine & A.Raynal	Adansonia , n.s., 8: 190 (1968)	wfo-4000004428
Blechum	P.Browne	Hist. Jamaic. : 261 (1756)	wfo-4000004748
Cryphiacanthus	Nees	Linnaea 16: 298 (1842)	wfo-4000009842
Cyrtacanthus	Mart. ex Nees	Fl. Bras. 9: 51 (1847)	wfo-4000010500
Dipteracanthus	Nees	Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 75 (1832)	wfo-4000012072
Dizygandra	Meisn.	Pl. Vasc. Gen. : 284 (1840)	wfo-4000012305
Endosiphon	T.Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f.	Gen. Pl. 2: 1085 (1876)	wfo-4000013418
Eusiphon	Benoist	Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 144 (1939)	wfo-4000014318
Fabria	E.Mey.	Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. : 185 (1844)	wfo-4000014512
Gymnacanthus	Nees	Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot. , ed. 2: 444 (1836)	wfo-4000016417
Lychniothyrsus	Lindau	Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 192 (1914)	wfo-4000022475
Neowedia	Schrad.	Gött. Gel. Anz. 1: 706 (1821)	wfo-4000025889
Nothoruellia	Bremek. & Nann.-Bremek.	Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 , 45(1): 23 (1948)	wfo-4000026296
Pseudoruellia	Benoist	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 109: 131 (1962)	wfo-4000031664
Scorodoxylum	Nees	Pl. Hartw. : 236 (1846)	wfo-4000034822
Siphonacanthus	Nees	Fl. Bras. 9: 45 (1847)	wfo-4000035504
Solaenacanthus	Oerst.	Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 122 (1855)	wfo-4000035673
Spirostigma	Nees	Fl. Bras. 9: 83 (1847)	wfo-4000036142
Stemonacanthus	Nees	Fl. Bras. 9: 53 (1847)	wfo-4000036443
Stephanophysum	Pohl	Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 83 (1831)	wfo-4000036591
Tremacanthus	S.Moore	J. Bot. 42: 33 (1904)	wfo-4000038808

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Ruellia:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Ruellia ampliata	Edgew. ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 193. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000402100
Ruellia arborescens	Pav. ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 217. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000402105
Ruellia aristata	Thunb.	Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 104. 1800	wfo-0000402088
Ruellia atroviridis	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2404. 1830	wfo-0000402064
Ruellia axillaris	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 480. 1841	wfo-0000401618
Ruellia biflora	Bojer ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 726. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401759
Ruellia bilabiata	Reinw. ex Blume	Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (Blume) 84, nomen. 1823 [Feb-Sep 1823]	wfo-0000401762
Ruellia blumeana	Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 149. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000402070
Ruellia cephalotes	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2352. 1830	wfo-0000402044
Ruellia cernua	B.Heyne ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2380, partim. 1830	wfo-0000402045
Ruellia chelonoides	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2335. 1830	wfo-0000401941
Ruellia ciliata	Wall. ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 156. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401980
Ruellia clavata	Reinw. ex Valeton	Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 10: 60. 1907	wfo-0000401987
Ruellia collina	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2343. 1830	wfo-0000401827
Ruellia commutata	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 481. 1841	wfo-0000401819
Ruellia comosa	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2414. 1830	wfo-0000401814
Ruellia coromandelina	Herb.Monac. ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 166. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401844
Ruellia corymbosa	Wall. ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 167. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401845
Ruellia dependens	Hook. ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 470. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401785
Ruellia depressa	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2379. 1830	wfo-0000401787
Ruellia digitalis	J.Koenig ex Spreng.	Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 825. 1825 [Jan-May 1825]	wfo-0000401773
Ruellia dubia	Vahl ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 79. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401809
Ruellia dulcissima	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 481. 1841	wfo-0000401810
Ruellia ebracteolata	T.Anderson	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 462. 1867 [23 Aug 1867]	wfo-0000401807
Ruellia eriostachya	Bojer ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 67. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401800
Ruellia filicifolia	Salzm. ex Nees	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 9: 22. 1847 [1 Jun 1847]	wfo-0000401915
Ruellia filiformis	J.G.Klein ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 165. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401916
Ruellia filiformis	B.Heyne ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 481. 1841	wfo-0000401917
Ruellia flexuosa	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2412. 1830	wfo-0000401899
Ruellia gairae	Rohr ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 466. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401919
Ruellia glabrata var. shrevei	Tharp & F.A.Barkley	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 42: 17, fig. 5. 1949	wfo-0001396746
Ruellia glaucescens	Wall. ex Nees	Pl. Asiat. Rar. (Wallich). iii. 85, in syn.	wfo-0000401920
Ruellia hyssopifolia	Hochst. ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 111. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401880
Ruellia incana	B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke	Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(11): 408. 1884 [Jan 1884]	wfo-0000401056
Ruellia involucrata	B.Heyne ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2357. 1830	wfo-0000401039
Ruellia kunthiana	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2419. 1830	wfo-0000401078
Ruellia lagopodes	Ryan ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 263. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401083
Ruellia latifolia	Roth ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 146. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401067
Ruellia mirandana	Ramamoorthy & Hornelas	Pl. Syst. Evol. 159(3-4): 161, nom. nov. 1988	wfo-0000401134
Ruellia multiflora var. humilis	(Nees) Leonard	–	wfo-0001392756
Ruellia nemorum	Russ. ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2399 C. 1830	wfo-0000401597
Ruellia nilbutia	Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2366 D. 1830	wfo-0000401126
Ruellia obliqua	Wight ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2399 D. 1830	wfo-0000401143
Ruellia obovata	Buch.-Ham.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2375. 1830	wfo-0000401152
Ruellia obovata	Vahl ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 75. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401153
Ruellia panichanga	Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2387. 1830	wfo-0000401123
Ruellia pauciflora	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2369. 1830	wfo-0000401090
Ruellia penstemonoides	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2340. 1830	wfo-0000401116
Ruellia purpuricaulis	Wall. ex Nees	Pl. Asiat. Rar. (Wallich). iii. 96.	wfo-0000400866
Ruellia quadranguiaris	B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke	Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(11): 494. 1884 [Jan 1884]	wfo-0000400875
Ruellia quadrangularis	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2358. 1830	wfo-0000400892
Ruellia radiciflora	Vahl ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 160. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000400905
Ruellia retrofacta	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7165. 1832	wfo-0000400895
Ruellia rivinifolia	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2413. 1830	wfo-0000400877
Ruellia rohrii	Vahl ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 466. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000400841
Ruellia scabra	Gaudich. ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 150. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000400861
Ruellia scabra	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2393. 1830	wfo-0000400862
Ruellia sceptrum var. marianum	(Vell.) Stearn	–	wfo-0001390998
Ruellia secundiflora	Bojer ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 166. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000400850
Ruellia setigera	Wight. ex Nees	Pl. Asiat. Rar. (Wallich). iii. 81.	wfo-0000401001
Ruellia siphonantha	Hils. & Bojer ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 112. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000400991
Ruellia spicata	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. 265. 1829 [1825 publ. 7 Sep-28 Nov 1829] ; see also Fl. Flumin. Icon. 6: t. 92. 1831. [1827 publ. 29 Oct 1831]	wfo-0000400929
Ruellia strobilina	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2362. 1830	wfo-0000400915
Ruellia tanacetifolia	Herb.Vahl ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 68. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000400951
Ruellia tenuis	Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2366 C. 1830	wfo-0000400947
Ruellia tetragonostachya	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7168. 1832	wfo-0000400940
Ruellia thymifolia	Herb.Vahl ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 462. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401321
Ruellia tomentosa	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2333. 1830	wfo-0000401318
Ruellia uliginosa	Blanco	Fl. Filip. [F.M. Blanco] 494. 1837	wfo-0000401339
Ruellia uliginosa	Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 149. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401340
Ruellia uliginosa	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2378, partim. 1830	wfo-0000401342
Ruellia ulmifolia	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2360. 1830	wfo-0000401343
Ruellia variabilis	J.Macrae ex Nees	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 165. 1847 [25 Nov 1847]	wfo-0000401329
Ruellia varians	B.Heyne ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2492 B. 1830	wfo-0000401331
Ruellia venosa	B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke	Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 4(11): 423. 1884 [Jan 1884]	wfo-0000401337