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June 2025

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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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Ruellia

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Gymnacanthus Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 126 (1855) wfo-1200030181
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
Copioglossa Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 294 (1863) wfo-4000009225
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
Eurychanes Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 52 (1847) wfo-4000014286
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
Holtzendorffia Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Nees Prodr. 11: 727 (1847) wfo-4000018129
Larysacanthus Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 123 (1855) wfo-4000020620
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
Ophthalmacanthus Nees Prodr. 11: 219 (1847) wfo-4000026969
Pattersonia J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. : 925 (1792) wfo-4000028329
Pentstemonacanthus Nees Fl. Bras. 9: 159 (1847) wfo-4000028670
Pseudoruellia Benoist Bull. Soc. Bot. France 109: 131 (1962) wfo-4000031664
Salpingacanthus S.Moore J. Bot. 42: 107 (1904) wfo-4000033869
Sclerocalyx Nees Bot. Voy. Sulphur : 145 (1846) wfo-4000034712
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
Stenoschista Bremek. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 73: 147 (1943) wfo-4000036533
Stephanophysum Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 83 (1831) wfo-4000036591
Tacoanthus Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 832 (1890) wfo-4000037413
Tremacanthus S.Moore J. Bot. 42: 33 (1904) wfo-4000038808
Ulleria Bremek. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 72: 423 (1969) wfo-4000039727
Micraea Miers Trav. Chile 2: 529 (1826) wfo-4000044080

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

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