Ruellia devosiana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Ruellieae
Subtribus: Ruelliinae
Genus: Ruellia
Species: Ruellia devosiana
Name

Ruellia devosiana Hort. Makoy ex É.Morren, Belgique Hort. 27: 344. 1877.
Synonyms

Homotypic
Dipteracanthus devosianus (Makoy) Boom, Succulenta (Netherlands) 46: 108. 1967.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Brazil

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Morren, C.J.É. 1877. La Belgique Horticole; Annales de Botanique et d'Horticulture 27: 344, t. 19.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Ruellia devosiana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ruellia devosiana. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 21 2018. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Ruellia devosiana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 21.
Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia devosiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jun. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruellia devosiana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Brazilian wild petunia

Ruellia devosiana, the Brazilian wild petunia,[1] is a green ornamental plant of the family Acanthaceae.
References

NRCS. "Ruellia devosiana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 October 2015.