As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
genus
Ruellia
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.
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Synonyms of Ruellia
Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
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Gymnacanthus | Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 126 (1855) | wfo-1200030181 | ||
Alvarezia | Prodr. 11: 465 (1847) | wfo-4000001425 | ||
Aphragmia | Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot. , ed. 2: 444 (1836) | wfo-4000002643 | ||
Aporuellia | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 74: 649 (1908) | wfo-4000002758 | ||
Arrhostoxylum | Prodr. 11: 209 (1847) | wfo-4000003124 | ||
Benoicanthus | Adansonia , n.s., 8: 190 (1968) | wfo-4000004428 | ||
Blechum | Hist. Jamaic. : 261 (1756) | wfo-4000004748 | ||
Copioglossa | Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 294 (1863) | wfo-4000009225 | ||
Cryphiacanthus | Linnaea 16: 298 (1842) | wfo-4000009842 | ||
Cyrtacanthus | Fl. Bras. 9: 51 (1847) | wfo-4000010500 | ||
Dipteracanthus | Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 75 (1832) | wfo-4000012072 | ||
Dizygandra | Pl. Vasc. Gen. : 284 (1840) | wfo-4000012305 | ||
Endosiphon | Gen. Pl. 2: 1085 (1876) | wfo-4000013418 | ||
Eurychanes | Fl. Bras. 9: 52 (1847) | wfo-4000014286 | ||
Eusiphon | Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 144 (1939) | wfo-4000014318 | ||
Fabria | Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. : 185 (1844) | wfo-4000014512 | ||
Gymnacanthus | Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot. , ed. 2: 444 (1836) | wfo-4000016417 | ||
Holtzendorffia | Prodr. 11: 727 (1847) | wfo-4000018129 | ||
Larysacanthus | Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 123 (1855) | wfo-4000020620 | ||
Lychniothyrsus | Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 192 (1914) | wfo-4000022475 | ||
Neowedia | Gött. Gel. Anz. 1: 706 (1821) | wfo-4000025889 | ||
Nothoruellia | Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 , 45(1): 23 (1948) | wfo-4000026296 | ||
Ophthalmacanthus | Prodr. 11: 219 (1847) | wfo-4000026969 | ||
Pattersonia | Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. : 925 (1792) | wfo-4000028329 | ||
Pentstemonacanthus | Fl. Bras. 9: 159 (1847) | wfo-4000028670 | ||
Pseudoruellia | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 109: 131 (1962) | wfo-4000031664 | ||
Salpingacanthus | J. Bot. 42: 107 (1904) | wfo-4000033869 | ||
Sclerocalyx | Bot. Voy. Sulphur : 145 (1846) | wfo-4000034712 | ||
Scorodoxylum | Pl. Hartw. : 236 (1846) | wfo-4000034822 | ||
Siphonacanthus | Fl. Bras. 9: 45 (1847) | wfo-4000035504 | ||
Solaenacanthus | Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 122 (1855) | wfo-4000035673 | ||
Spirostigma | Fl. Bras. 9: 83 (1847) | wfo-4000036142 | ||
Stemonacanthus | Fl. Bras. 9: 53 (1847) | wfo-4000036443 | ||
Stenoschista | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 73: 147 (1943) | wfo-4000036533 | ||
Stephanophysum | Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2: 83 (1831) | wfo-4000036591 | ||
Tacoanthus | Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 832 (1890) | wfo-4000037413 | ||
Tremacanthus | J. Bot. 42: 33 (1904) | wfo-4000038808 | ||
Ulleria | Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 72: 423 (1969) | wfo-4000039727 | ||
Micraea | Trav. Chile 2: 529 (1826) | wfo-4000044080 |
Species in Ruellia ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })
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Unplaced Names
These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Ruellia:
Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
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Ruellia achyranthifolia | Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 3: 391 (1829) | wfo-0000402085 | ||
Ruellia affinis | – | wfo-0001044141 | ||
Ruellia alata | Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 480 (1841) | wfo-1200030100 | ||
Ruellia altoparadisiensis | Syst. Bot. 49(1): 2 2024 | wfo-1000065232 | ||
Ruellia anagallis | Fl. Indica : 135 (1768) | wfo-0000402096 | ||
Ruellia anaticollis var. madagascariensis | – | — | wfo-0001315616 | |
Ruellia angolensis | Rheedea 33(4): 259, f. 3, 5a–k & 6 2024 | wfo-1000061810 | ||
Ruellia angustifolia | Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 148 (1894) | — | wfo-1200030103 | |
Ruellia angustifolia | Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 147 (1894) | — | wfo-1200030105 | |
Ruellia attenuata | Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2345. 1830 | wfo-0000401632 | ||
Ruellia baikiei | Suppl. Johnson's Gard. Dict. 999 (1882):. | wfo-0000401621 | ||
Ruellia baikiei | Gard. India ed. 5, 417. | wfo-0000401625 | ||
Ruellia barbadensis | – | — | wfo-0001044146 | |
Ruellia barbata | Symb. Bot. 3: 83 (1794) | wfo-0000401624 | ||
Ruellia biflora | Prodr. 11: 133 (1847) | wfo-1200030047 | ||
Ruellia brachypteron | – | — | wfo-0001044151 | |
Ruellia calycosa | Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 311 (1895) | wfo-0001044153 | ||
Ruellia canus | – | — | wfo-0001044155 | |
Ruellia capreaefolia | – | — | wfo-0001044156 | |
Ruellia cataractae | Syst. Bot. 49(1): 5 2024 | wfo-1000065237 | ||
Ruellia ceciliae | Syst. Bot. 49(1): 6 2024 | wfo-1000065238 | ||
Ruellia chapadensis | Syst. Bot. 49(1): 10 2024 | wfo-1000065239 | ||
Ruellia chrysantha | – | — | wfo-0001044161 | |
Ruellia ciliaris | Naturaleza (Mexico City) , ser. 2, 1(App.): 100 (1889) | wfo-1200030086 | ||
Ruellia cinerascens | – | — | wfo-0001044162 | |
Ruellia clandestina | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 153. 1847 [25 Nov 1847] | wfo-0000401985 | ||
Ruellia coccinea | Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 147 (1894) | wfo-0000401989 | ||
Ruellia conferta | Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 194 (1914) | wfo-0000401816 | ||
Ruellia conzattiana | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 37: 47 1924 | — | wfo-0001268340 | |
Ruellia costata | Symb. Antill. (Urban). 2(2): 195. 1900 [20 Oct 1900] | wfo-0001044168 | ||
Ruellia cumanensis | – | — | wfo-0001044169 | |
Ruellia cygniflora | Sitzungsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1906, 730, nomen. | wfo-0000401832 | ||
Ruellia densus | – | — | wfo-0001044172 | |
Ruellia dichotoma | Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 147 (1894) | wfo-0000401790 | ||
Ruellia digitalis | Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 825. 1825 [Jan-May 1825] | wfo-0000401773 | ||
Ruellia discolor | Prodr. 11: 149 (1847) | wfo-0000401777 | ||
Ruellia domingensis | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 136, in syn. 1847 [25 Nov 1847] | wfo-0000401804 | ||
Ruellia eriocalyx | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58(Mém. 3f): 533. 1911 | wfo-0001279076 | ||
Ruellia eriocalyx | Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 67(17): 396 2023 | wfo-1200027678 | ||
Ruellia filiformis | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 165. 1847 [25 Nov 1847] | wfo-0000401916 | ||
Ruellia flava | Syn. Pl. 2: 177 (1806) | wfo-0000401896 | ||
Ruellia gardneri | – | — | wfo-0001044176 | |
Ruellia gemmipara | Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 504 (1882) | — | wfo-1200030081 | |
Ruellia gemmipara | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 220, in syn. 1847 [25 Nov 1847] | wfo-0000401935 | ||
Ruellia glabra | Nov. Pl. Sp. : 312 (1821) | wfo-0000401939 | ||
Ruellia glabra var. longipetiolatum | Exped. Rosevelt-Rondon, Bot. 2, Bot. 73. 1914 | wfo-0001396745 | ||
Ruellia glandulifolia | Syst. Bot. 49(1): 11 2024 | wfo-1000065240 | ||
Ruellia glandulosa | Nov. Pl. Sp. : 312 (1821) | wfo-0000401925 | ||
Ruellia glandulosonotata | Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 5: 367. 1905 | wfo-0000401937 | ||
Ruellia graecizans | Fl. Iranica 24: 4 1966 | — | wfo-0001281300 | |
Ruellia grandiflora | Rec. Bot. Surv. India viii. 353 (1921). | wfo-0000401867 | ||
Ruellia grandiflora | Encycl. 6: 340 (1804) | wfo-0000401862 | ||
Ruellia grandis | Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4366 (1848) | wfo-0000401860 | ||
Ruellia graveolens | Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 2: 202 (1828) | wfo-0000401870 | ||
Ruellia hatschbachii | Syst. Bot. 49(1): 15 2024 | wfo-1000065241 | ||
Ruellia helianthemum | Rodriguésia 61: S87 (2010) | wfo-0001044181 | ||
Ruellia hirsuto-glandulosa | Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 505. 1882 | wfo-0001349829 | ||
Ruellia humistrata | Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 311 (1895) | wfo-1200030070 | ||
Ruellia inaperta | J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 198 (1801) | wfo-0000401055 | ||
Ruellia incompta | – | wfo-0001044186 | ||
Ruellia kalungae | Phytotaxa 635(1): 99 2024 | wfo-1000058695 | ||
Ruellia lamiiformis | – | — | wfo-0001044190 | |
Ruellia lehmanniana | – | — | wfo-0001044192 | |
Ruellia leucantha | – | — | wfo-0001044193 | |
Ruellia lucida | Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 7: 539 (1837) | — | wfo-1000046884 | |
Ruellia lucindae | Syst. Bot. 49(1): 17 2024 | wfo-1000065242 | ||
Ruellia macrantha | Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 72 1878 | wfo-1200041244 | ||
Ruellia maynensis | – | — | wfo-0001044201 | |
Ruellia mellosilvae | Syst. Bot. 49(1): 22 2024 | wfo-1000065243 | ||
Ruellia mexicana | – | — | wfo-0001044202 | |
Ruellia microcephala | – | — | wfo-0001044203 | |
Ruellia monadelpha | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 482, sphalm. 1841 | wfo-0001353509 | ||
Ruellia multiflora | Ann. Blumisterei Gartenbesitz. 9: 246 1833 | wfo-1000075507 | ||
Ruellia multiflora var. humilis | – | wfo-0001392756 | ||
Ruellia mutabilis | Alg. Konst- Lett.-Bode 1: 297 (1829) | wfo-0000401612 | ||
Ruellia nemoralis | Prodr. 11: 159 (1847) | wfo-0000401601 | ||
Ruellia neovedia | Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 310 (1895) | wfo-0000401138 | ||
Ruellia nitens | Kew Bull. 48(1): 17. 1993 [1 Apr 1993] | wfo-0001044207 | ||
Ruellia nova | Hort. Ripul. App. ii. 356, nomen. | wfo-0000401128 | ||
Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora | – | – | — | wfo-0001044915 |
Ruellia obovata | Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 482 (1841) | wfo-0000401148 | ||
Ruellia obovata | Hort. Bengal. 46; Fl. Ind. iii. 51. | wfo-0000401159 | ||
Ruellia palmeri | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 42: 11 (1949) | wfo-1200030030 | ||
Ruellia paniculata | Fl. Brit. India 4: 409 (1884) | wfo-1200030012 | ||
Ruellia patula | Prodr. 11: 126 (1847) | wfo-1200030014 | ||
Ruellia patula | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 135. 1847 [25 Nov 1847] | wfo-0001244431 | ||
Ruellia pavoniana | – | — | wfo-0001044211 | |
Ruellia pedunculata subsp. pineorum | J. Arnold Arbor. 51: 288. 1970 | wfo-0001367836 | ||
Ruellia pereducta | Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. No. 436 (Prelim. Sketch Phytogeogr. YucatanPenins.) 303 (1934), nomen subnudum; Standley in Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. No. 461 (Bot. Maya Area) 89 (1935), descr. | wfo-0001044213 | ||
Ruellia pilosa | Prodr. 11: 200 (1847) | wfo-1200030017 | ||
Ruellia pilosa | Fl. Flumin. : 268 (1829) | wfo-1200030018 | ||
Ruellia pinguicula | Syst. Bot. 49(1): 25 2024 | wfo-1000065244 | ||
Ruellia pohlii | Taxon 72(5): 1045 2023 | wfo-1200068107 | ||
Ruellia pohlii | – | — | wfo-0001044216 | |
Ruellia procumbens | – | — | wfo-0001044218 | |
Ruellia pubens | – | — | wfo-0001044220 | |
Ruellia purii | Fl. Bras. (Martius) 9: 35. 1847 [1 Jun 1847] | wfo-0000400878 | ||
Ruellia purpurea | Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 147 (1894) | wfo-0000400872 | ||
Ruellia quipungoensis | Rheedea 33(4): 262 (–264; f. 3 & 5l) 2024 | wfo-1000061811 | ||
Ruellia repens | Fl. Analit. Fitogeogr. São Paulo 5: 923 (1970 publ. 1971) | wfo-1200029990 |