Taxon:
Ruellia tuberosa L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:635. 1753
Verified:
09/28/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
- Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
- Leonard, E. C. 1958. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, III. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 31:684.
- Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
- Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Lambayeque | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | San Martín | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd., as in paleotropics |
6 | Other | | | | | exact native range obscure |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British)
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Peru [Lambayeque, San Martín]
Naturalized
(widely natzd., as in paleotropics)
Other
(exact native range obscure)