Taxon:
Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C. Ezcurra
Summary
Place of publication:
Darwiniana 29:278. 1989
Verified:
05/27/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
- Cabrera, A. L., dir. 1977-. Flora de la provincia de Jujuy, República Argentina.
- Ezcurea, C. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
- Ezcurra, C. 1993. Systematics of Ruellia (Acanthaceae) in southern South America. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80:802-804. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary
- Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). URL: http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
- Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. URL: http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
- Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
- Meyer, J.-Y. & C. Lavergne. 2004. Beautés fatales: Acanthaceae species as invasive alien plants on tropical Indo-Pacific islands. Diversity & Distrib. 10:333-347.
- Wasshausen, D. C. & J. R. I. Wood. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 49:106.
Common names
English
red-spray ruellia – Swedish
klockruellia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Acre | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Espírito Santo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Goiás | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraná | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rondônia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Santa Catarina | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | São Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Entre Ríos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Jujuy | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Misiones | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Salta | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santa Fe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Tucumán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Alto Paraná | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Caazapá | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Canindeyú | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | San Pedro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Chuquisaca | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | El Beni | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | La Paz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Pando | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Santa Cruz | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Tarija | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Chimborazo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Esmeraldas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Loja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Manabí | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Morona Santiago | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Zamora Chinchipe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | n. |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rondônia]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia [El Beni, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija], Colombia, Ecuador [Chimborazo, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Loja, Manabí, Morona Santiago, Zamora Chinchipe], Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Entre Ríos, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucumán], Paraguay [Alto Paraná, Caazapá, San Pedro, Canindeyú]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Reunion
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland (n.)]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Ezcurea, C. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names |
Weed | | | Meyer, J.-Y. & C. Lavergne. 2004. Beautés fatales: Acanthaceae species as invasive alien plants on tropical Indo-Pacific islands. Diversity & Distrib. 10:333-347. |