Ruellia blechum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

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

Name

Ruellia blechum L., 1759.

Synonyms

  • Alvarezia parviflora Pav. ex Nees
  • Barleria pyramidata Lam.
  • Blechum blechum (L.) Millsp.
  • Blechum brownei A. L. Juss.
  • Blechum brownei Kunth
  • Blechum brownei var. laxum Nees
  • Blechum brownei f. puberulum Leonard
  • Blechum linnaei Nees
  • Blechum linnaei var. laxum Nees
  • Blechum linnaei var. nanum Nees
  • Blechum linnaei var. parviflorum Nees
  • Blechum luzonium Nees
  • Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urban
  • Blechum trinitense Nees
  • Dianthera eustachiana Hook. ex Nees
  • Justicia carthagenensis Willd. ex Nees
  • Justicia lupulina Lam.
  • Justicia martinicensis Sieber ex Nees
  • Ruellia bracteata Vahl ex Nees
  • Ruellia gairae Rohr ex Nees
  • Ruellia rohrii Vahl ex Nees
  • Ruellia uliginosa Blanco

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan)
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Peru, Galapagos Isl., Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Trinidad, Tobago, Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Cauca, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Quindo, Risaralda, Santander, Valle), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz)

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

References

Vernacular names

English: Browne's blechum, Campeche mallow, Genou casse, Penguin Balsam
español: Yerba de papagayo
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