Ruellia

Ruellia
	Ruellia elegans
Classificazione APG IV
Dominio	Eukaryota
Regno	Plantae
(clade)	Angiosperme
(clade)	Mesangiospermei
Ordine	Lamiales
Famiglia	Acanthaceae
Sottofamiglia	Acanthoideae
Tribù	Ruellieae
Sottotribù	Ruelliinae
Genere	Ruellia
Classificazione Cronquist
Dominio	Eukaryota
Regno	Plantae
Divisione	Magnoliophyta
Classe	Magnoliopsida
Sottoclasse	Asteridae
Ordine	Scrophulariales
Famiglia	Acanthaceae
Genere	Ruellia; Plum. ex L., 1753
Specie
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Ruellia Plum. ex L., 1753 è un genere di piante angiosperme della famiglia delle Acantacee.

Il genere fu intitolato da Charles Plumier (1646-1704) a Jean Ruel (o de la Ruel, nome latinizzato in Ioannes Ruellius; 1474-1537), autore di una traduzione in latino del Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς (De materia medica) di Dioscoride Pedanio (I secolo d.C.).

Tassonomia

Il genere comprende le seguenti specie:

Ruellia acutangula Nees
Ruellia adenocalyx Lindau
Ruellia adenostachya Lindau
Ruellia affinis (Schrad.) T.Anderson
Ruellia albopurpurea Benoist
Ruellia alboviolacea Lindau
Ruellia altoparadisiensis U.G.Fern., Kameyama & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia amabilis S. Moore
Ruellia amapensis Wassh.
Ruellia amarilla E.A.Tripp & Luján
Ruellia amoena Sessé & Moc.
Ruellia amplexicaulis (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia anamariae A.S.Reis, A.Gil & Kameyama
Ruellia anaticollis Benoist
Ruellia angolensis I.Darbysh. & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia angustiflora (Nees) Lindau ex Rambo
Ruellia angustifolia Sw.
Ruellia angustior (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia ansericollis Benoist
Ruellia anthracina Leonard
Ruellia antiquorum Wassh. & J.R.I. Wood
Ruellia aquatica Leonard
Ruellia asperula (Mart. & Nees) Lindau
Ruellia aurantiaca Leonard
Ruellia bahiensis (Nees) Morong
Ruellia baikiei (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Salomon
Ruellia baurii C.B. Clarke
Ruellia beckii Wassh. & J.R.I. Wood
Ruellia beddomei C.B.Clarke
Ruellia bella Craib
Ruellia benedictina Chiov.
Ruellia beniana J.R.I.Wood
Ruellia beyrichiana Lindau
Ruellia bignoniiflora S.Moore
Ruellia biolleyi Lindau
Ruellia blanchetiana Lindau
Ruellia blechioides Sw.
Ruellia blechum L.
Ruellia blumei Steud.
Ruellia bolivarensis Wassh.
Ruellia boliviana Govaerts
Ruellia boranica Ensermu
Ruellia borneensis (S.Moore) E.A.Tripp & I.Darbysh.
Ruellia bourgaei Hemsl.
Ruellia brachysiphon (Nees) Hiern
Ruellia bracteata R.Br.
Ruellia brandbergensis Kers
Ruellia breedlovei T.F. Daniel
Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C.Ezcurra
Ruellia bulbifera Lindau
Ruellia burttii Vollesen
Ruellia californica (Rose) I.M. Johnst.
Ruellia calimensis Wassh.
Ruellia capotyra Braz & I.H.F.Azevedo
Ruellia capuronii Benoist
Ruellia caracasana (Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Nees) V.M.Badillo
Ruellia carmenaemiliae Llamozas
Ruellia carnea Balf. f.
Ruellia caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud.
Ruellia cataractae U.G.Fern., Kameyama & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia caucensis Leonard
Ruellia cearensis Lindau
Ruellia ceciliae U.G.Fern. & Kameyama
Ruellia cedilloi Ramamoorthy
Ruellia chamaedrys (Nees) Angely
Ruellia chapadensis U.G.Fern., Kameyama & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia chariessa Leonard
Ruellia chartacea (T. Anderson) Wassh.
Ruellia ciconiicollis Benoist
Ruellia ciliata Hornem.
Ruellia ciliatiflora Hook.
Ruellia coccinea (L.) Vahl
Ruellia colombiana Leonard
Ruellia colonensis Wassh.
Ruellia comonduensis T.F. Daniel
Ruellia congoensis Benoist
Ruellia consocialis Lindau
Ruellia conzattii Standl.
Ruellia cordata Thunb.
Ruellia corynotheca F.Muell. ex Benth.
Ruellia corzoi Tharp & F.A. Barkley
Ruellia costaricensis (Oerst.) E.A.Tripp & McDade
Ruellia costata Lindau
Ruellia cuatrecasasii Wassh.
Ruellia currorii T.Anderson
Ruellia curupira E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima
Ruellia curviflora Nees & Mart.
Ruellia cuyabensis Wassh.
Ruellia cyanea (Nees) T. Anderson
Ruellia decaryi Benoist
Ruellia decipiens Nees
Ruellia delascioi Wassh.
Ruellia densa Hieron.
Ruellia densiflora Hemsl.
Ruellia dequairei Benoist
Ruellia detonsa Benoist
Ruellia devosiana Jacob-Makoy ex É.Morren
Ruellia dielsii Mildbr.
Ruellia dioscoridis Napper
Ruellia discifolia Oliv.
Ruellia discolor Lecchi ex Colla
Ruellia dissidens Benoist
Ruellia dissimilis J.B.Imlay
Ruellia dissitifolia (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia dissoluta Lindau
Ruellia dolichosiphon Wassh. & J.R.I. Wood
Ruellia domatiata I.Darbysh. & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia domingensis (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia donnell-smithii Leonard
Ruellia drummondiana (Nees) A. Gray
Ruellia drushelii Tharp & F.A. Barkley
Ruellia edwardsae Tharp & F.A.Barkley
Ruellia elegans Poir.
Ruellia epallocaulos Leonard ex C. Ezcurra & Wassh.
Ruellia eriocalyx Glaz. ex T.F.Daniel, E.A.Tripp & C.Ezcurra
Ruellia erythropus (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia eumorphantha Lindau
Ruellia eurycodon Lindau
Ruellia exilis McDade & E. Tripp
Ruellia exostemma Lindau
Ruellia exserta Wassh. & J.R.I. Wood
Ruellia fiherenensis Benoist
Ruellia filicalyx Lindau
Ruellia fiorii Chiov.
Ruellia floribunda Hook.
Ruellia foetida Willd.
Ruellia foliosepala T.F. Daniel
Ruellia forsskaolii Thulin
Ruellia fruticosa Sessé & Moc. ex DC.
Ruellia fulgens (Bremek.) E. Tripp
Ruellia fulgida Andrews
Ruellia fulozinha E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima
Ruellia furcata (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia galactophylla Chiov.
Ruellia galeottii Leonard
Ruellia geayi (Benoist) E.A.Tripp
Ruellia geminiflora Kunth
Ruellia gilva Wassh.
Ruellia glandulifolia U.G.Fern., Kameyama & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia glischrocalyx Lindau
Ruellia golfodulcensis Durkee
Ruellia gorgonensis Leonard
Ruellia gracilis Rusby
Ruellia grantii Leonard
Ruellia grisea Leonard
Ruellia gruicollis Benoist
Ruellia guerrerensis T.F.Daniel
Ruellia haematantha Lindau
Ruellia haenkeana (Nees) Wassh.
Ruellia hapalotricha Lindau
Ruellia harveyana Stapf
Ruellia hatschbachii U.G.Fern. & Kameyama
Ruellia haughtii (Leonard) E.A.Tripp
Ruellia helianthema (Nees) Profice
Ruellia herbstii (Hook.) Hiern
Ruellia heterosepala Benoist
Ruellia heterotricha Deflers
Ruellia hirsutissima (Nees) E.A.Tripp
Ruellia hirsutoglandulosa (Oerst.) Hemsl.
Ruellia holm-nielsenii Wassh.
Ruellia hookeriana (Nees) Hemsl.
Ruellia humboldtiana (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia humilis Nutt.
Ruellia hygrophila Mart.
Ruellia hygrophiloides (Nees) Hemsl.
Ruellia hypericoides (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia incomta (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia indecora Benoist
Ruellia inflata Rich.
Ruellia insignis Balf.f.
Ruellia insurrecta E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima
Ruellia intermedia Leonard
Ruellia inundata Kunth
Ruellia ischnopoda Leonard
Ruellia jaliscana Standl.
Ruellia japurensis Mart.
Ruellia jeddahica Hemaid
Ruellia jiboia E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima
Ruellia jimulcensis Villarreal
Ruellia jussieuoides Schltdl. & Cham.
Ruellia kalungae G.V.R.Mendonça & M.J.Silva
Ruellia kerrii Craib
Ruellia kleinii C.Ezcurra & Wassh.
Ruellia kuriensis Vierh.
Ruellia lactea Cav.
Ruellia lanatoglandulosa (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia lasiostachya Leonard
Ruellia laslobasensis E.A.Tripp
Ruellia latibracteata D.N.Gibson
Ruellia latisepala Benoist
Ruellia laxa (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia leonardiana Hammel
Ruellia lepidota Urb.
Ruellia leptosepala Benoist
Ruellia leucantha Brandegee
Ruellia leucobracteatus Durkee
Ruellia liesneri Wassh.
Ruellia linearibracteolata Lindau
Ruellia lindaviana Taub.
Ruellia linifolia Benoist
Ruellia lithophila Lindau
Ruellia longepetiolata (Oerst.) Hemsl.
Ruellia longifilamentosa Lindau
Ruellia longifolia (Stocks) T. Anderson
Ruellia longipedunculata Lindau
Ruellia lucindae U.G.Fern., Kameyama & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia lutea (Leonard) E.A.Tripp & Luján
Ruellia luzona Nees
Ruellia luzoniensis Merr.
Ruellia macarenensis Leonard
Ruellia macrantha Lindau
Ruellia macrophylla Vahl
Ruellia macrosiphon Kurz
Ruellia macrosolen Lillo ex C.Ezcurra
Ruellia magniflora C.Ezcurra
Ruellia makoyana Closon
Ruellia malaca Leonard
Ruellia malacophylla C.B. Clarke
Ruellia malasica (C.B.Clarke) J.B.Imlay
Ruellia matagalpae Lindau
Ruellia matudae Leonard
Ruellia maya T.F. Daniel
Ruellia mcvaughii T.F. Daniel
Ruellia megasphaera Lindau
Ruellia mellosilvae U.G.Fern., Kameyama & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia menthoides (Nees) Hiern
Ruellia metziae Tharp
Ruellia microcalyx (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia mira McDade & E. Tripp
Ruellia misera Benoist
Ruellia mollis (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia monanthos (Nees) Bojer ex T. Anderson
Ruellia morongii Britton
Ruellia muelleri Tharp & F.A.Barkley
Ruellia multifolia (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia napoensis Wassh.
Ruellia neoneesiana Wassh.
Ruellia neowedia (Schrad.) Lindau
Ruellia nitens Lindau
Ruellia nitida (Nees) Wassh. & J.R.I. Wood
Ruellia nobilis (S. Moore) Lindau
Ruellia noctiflora (Nees) A. Gray
Ruellia nocturna Hedrén
Ruellia norvegigratiosa McDade & E. Tripp
Ruellia novogaliciana T.F. Daniel
Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.
Ruellia nummularia Benoist
Ruellia oaxacana Leonard
Ruellia obliqua Pers.
Ruellia obtusa Nees
Ruellia ochroleuca Mart. ex Nees
Ruellia odorata E. Tripp & McDade
Ruellia ovalifolia (Oerst.) Hemsl.
Ruellia palustris Durkee
Ruellia panamensis (Lindau) E.A.Tripp
Ruellia paniculata L.
Ruellia panucana Lindau
Ruellia parryi A. Gray
Ruellia parva Lindau
Ruellia parvifolia Urb.
Ruellia patula Jacq.
Ruellia pauciovulata Benoist
Ruellia paulayana Vierh.
Ruellia pedunculata Torr. ex A. Gray
Ruellia pedunculosa (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia pereducta Standl.
Ruellia perrieri Benoist
Ruellia petiolaris (Nees) T.F. Daniel
Ruellia philippinensis Elmer
Ruellia phyllocalyx Lindau
Ruellia pilosa (Nees) Pav. ex Nees
Ruellia pinetorum Fernald
Ruellia pinguicula U.G.Fern., Kameyama & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia pittieri Lindau
Ruellia placoidea Rendle
Ruellia pohlii (Nees) E.A.Tripp & T.F.Daniel
Ruellia poissonii Benoist
Ruellia potamophila Leonard
Ruellia praeclara Standl.
Ruellia praetermissa Schweinf. ex Lindau
Ruellia primulacea F.Muell. ex Benth.
Ruellia primuloides Heine
Ruellia pringlei Fernald
Ruellia prostrata Poir.
Ruellia proxima Lindau
Ruellia pseudopatula Ensermu
Ruellia pterocaulon Leonard
Ruellia puberula (Leonard) Tharp & F.A. Barkley
Ruellia pulcherrima T.Anderson ex Hemsl.
Ruellia pulverulenta Leonard
Ruellia pumila (Nees) Pav. ex B.D.Jacks.
Ruellia purshiana Fernald
Ruellia putumayensis Leonard
Ruellia pygmaea Donn. Sm.
Ruellia quartziticola Callm., E.A.Tripp & Phillipson
Ruellia quipungoensis I.Darbysh. & E.A.Tripp
Ruellia rasa Hieron.
Ruellia rauhii Wassh.
Ruellia reitzii Wassh. & L.B.Sm.
Ruellia repens L.
Ruellia resupinata E.A.Tripp & T.F.Daniel
Ruellia rheophytica J.R.I.Wood & Hoyos-Gómez
Ruellia richardsiae Vollesen
Ruellia riedeliana (Nees) Profice
Ruellia rosmarinus (Nees) U.G.Fern. & Kameyama
Ruellia rubiginosa (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia rubra Aubl.
Ruellia rufipila Rizzini
Ruellia ruiziana (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia rusbyi Leonard
Ruellia saccata Schmidt-Leb. & E. Tripp
Ruellia saccifera Benoist
Ruellia saeri Llamozas
Ruellia salmeronensis Llamozas
Ruellia salviifolius (Nees) Profice
Ruellia sanguinea Griseb.
Ruellia sarukhaniana Ramamoorthy
Ruellia saulensis Wassh.
Ruellia scabrifolia Valeton
Ruellia scarlatina M.J.Silva
Ruellia sceptrum-marianum (Vell.) Stearn
Ruellia schlechtendaliana (Nees) Hemsl.
Ruellia schnellii Wassh.
Ruellia serrana Profice
Ruellia sessilifolia Lindau
Ruellia shaferiana Urb.
Ruellia siamensis J.B.Imlay
Ruellia sibua (Nees) I.M.Turner
Ruellia silvaccola (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia simplex C.Wright
Ruellia singularis Benoist
Ruellia siraensis Wassh.
Ruellia sivarajanii Sreedevi, Remadevi & Binojk.
Ruellia solitaria Vell.
Ruellia sororia Standl.
Ruellia spatulifolia Benoist
Ruellia spectabilis (Hook.) G.Nicholson
Ruellia spissa Leonard
Ruellia splendidula Lindau
Ruellia sprucei Lindau
Ruellia stelligera Benoist
Ruellia stemonacanthoides (Oerst.) Hemsl.
Ruellia stenophylla C.B. Clarke
Ruellia steyermarkii Wassh.
Ruellia strepens L.
Ruellia subringens Lindau
Ruellia subsessilis (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia taboleirana E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima
Ruellia tachiadena (Heine & A.Raynal) E.A.Tripp
Ruellia tarapotana Lindau
Ruellia terminalis (Nees) Wassh.
Ruellia tessmannii Mildbr.
Ruellia tetragona Link
Ruellia tetrastichantha Lindau
Ruellia thyrsostachya Lindau
Ruellia togoensis (Lindau) Heine
Ruellia tolimensis Leonard
Ruellia trachyphylla Lindau
Ruellia transitoria Benoist
Ruellia treubiana Lindau
Ruellia tuberosa L.
Ruellia tubiflora Kunth
Ruellia tubulata (Nees) Pav. ex B.D.Jacks.
Ruellia turbinis Benoist
Ruellia tuxtlensis Ramamoorthy & Hornelas
Ruellia umbrosa M.J.Silva
Ruellia uribei Leonard
Ruellia ventricosa Poir.
Ruellia venusta Hance
Ruellia verbasciformis (Nees) C.Ezcurra & Zappi
Ruellia villanovensis Colla
Ruellia villosa Lindau
Ruellia vincta Benoist
Ruellia violacea Aubl.
Ruellia viridiflora Leonard
Ruellia viscidula Mart. ex Schrank
Ruellia wasshauseniana E.A.Tripp
Ruellia whitneyana E.A.Tripp
Ruellia woodii C.B. Clarke
Ruellia woolstonii C. Ezcurra
Ruellia wurdackii Wassh.
Ruellia yurimaguensis Lindau

Note

↑ (EN) Acanthaceae, su Angiosperm Phylogeny web site. URL consultato il 15 gennaio 2018.
1 2 (EN) Ruellia, su Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. URL consultato il 17/07/2025.
↑ Ruellia simplex C.Wright, su actaplantarum.org.

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[1] (EN) Acanthaceae, su Angiosperm Phylogeny web site. URL consultato il 15 gennaio 2018.

[POWO-2] 1 2 (EN) Ruellia, su Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. URL consultato il 17/07/2025.

[3] Ruellia simplex C.Wright, su actaplantarum.org.

Ruellia
Ruellia elegans
Classificazione APG IV
Dominio	Eukaryota
Regno	Plantae
(clade)	Angiosperme
(clade)	Mesangiospermei
Ordine	Lamiales
Famiglia	Acanthaceae
Sottofamiglia	Acanthoideae
Tribù	Ruellieae
Sottotribù	Ruelliinae
Genere	Ruellia
Classificazione Cronquist
Dominio	Eukaryota
Regno	Plantae
Divisione	Magnoliophyta
Classe	Magnoliopsida
Sottoclasse	Asteridae
Ordine	Scrophulariales
Famiglia	Acanthaceae
Genere	Ruellia Plum. ex L., 1753
Specie
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