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Ruellias
Ruellia
Ruellia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as ruellias or wild petunias. They are not closely related to petunias (Petunia) although both genera belong to the same euasterid clade. The genus was named in honor of Jean Ruelle, herbalist and physician to Francis I of France and translator of several works of Dioscorides.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ruellia
sectionRuellia
Boreosilva
sectionBoreosilva
common wild petunia
speciesRuellia nudiflora
Blechum
sectionBlechum
Dipteracanthus
sectionDipteracanthus
Stephanophysum
sectionStephanophysum
Chiropterophilae
sectionChiropterophilae
Aphragmia
sectionAphragmia
creeping ruellia
speciesRuellia squarrosa
western ruellia
speciesRuellia occidentalis
Creeping Ruellia
speciesRuellia repens
Physiruellia
sectionPhysiruellia
Chromatoruellia
sectionChromatoruellia
Gymnacanthus
sectionGymnacanthus
mountain ruellia
speciesRuellia leucantha
Parry's ruellia
speciesRuellia parryi
Brasilia
sectionBrasilia
Mexicanae
sectionMexicanae
Yucatán ruellia
speciesRuellia yucatana
Strobiliformes
sectionStrobiliformes
Eurychanes
sectionEurychanes
Pseudoruellia
sectionPseudoruellia
Ruellia rubra
speciesRuellia rubra
Ruellia pilosa
speciesRuellia pilosa
Cerradicola
sectionCerradicola
Discifolia
sectionDiscifolia
Ruellia hirsutoglandulosa
speciesRuellia hirsutoglandulosa
Siphonacanthus
sectionSiphonacanthus
Ruellia viscidula
speciesRuellia viscidula
Eusiphon
sectionEusiphon
Ruellia fiherenensis
speciesRuellia fiherenensis
Ruellia longifolia
speciesRuellia longifolia
Ruellia dissidens
speciesRuellia dissidens
Ruellia adenocalyx
speciesRuellia adenocalyx
Ruellia haenkeana
speciesRuellia haenkeana
Madagasikara
sectionMadagasikara
Ruellia jimulcensis
speciesRuellia jimulcensis
Ruellia longipedunculata
speciesRuellia longipedunculata
Ruellia neesiana
speciesRuellia neesiana
Ruellia paulayana
speciesRuellia paulayana
Ruellia taboleirana
speciesRuellia taboleirana
Ruellia runyonii
speciesRuellia runyonii
Ruellia hypericoides
speciesRuellia hypericoides
Ruellia praetermissa
speciesRuellia praetermissa
Ruellia rosea
speciesRuellia rosea
Ruellia stenophylla
speciesRuellia stenophylla
Ruellia pauciovulata
speciesRuellia pauciovulata
Ruellia angustifolia
speciesRuellia angustifolia
Ruellia schnellii
speciesRuellia schnellii
Ruellia venusta
speciesRuellia venusta
Ruellia albopurpurea
speciesRuellia albopurpurea
Ruellia herbstii
speciesRuellia herbstii
Ruellia transitoria
speciesRuellia transitoria
Ruellia pseudopatula
speciesRuellia pseudopatula
Ruellia cataractae
speciesRuellia cataractae
Ruellia adenostachya
speciesRuellia adenostachya
Ruellia obtusa
speciesRuellia obtusa
Ruellia tarapotana
speciesRuellia tarapotana
Ruellia eurycodon
speciesRuellia eurycodon
Ruellia dioscoridis
speciesRuellia dioscoridis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83892.