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Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Ruellia Linnaeus
Authorship	Linnaeus
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomLeg
Placed in	Acanthaceae
Contains	Ruellia abbreviata D.N.Gibson Ruellia acetabula E.A.Tripp & K.G.Dexter Ruellia achimeniflorum (Oerst.) Hemsl. Ruellia acicularis Steud. Ruellia aciculata B.Heyne ex Roth Ruellia acuminata Griseb. Ruellia acutangula Nees ex Mart. Ruellia adenocalyx Lindau Ruellia adenostachya Lindau Ruellia adhaerens Forssk. Ruellia affinis (Schrad.) T.Anderson Ruellia alata Wall. ex Nees Ruellia alba Nees Ruellia albicans Bertero ex Nees Ruellia albicaulis Bertero ex Spreng. Ruellia albiflora Fernald Ruellia albopurpurea Benoist Ruellia alboviolacea Lindau Ruellia alopecuroidea Vahl Ruellia alopecuroides Vahl Ruellia alternata Burm.fil. Ruellia amabilis S.Moore Ruellia amapensis Wassh. Ruellia amarilla E.A.Tripp & Luján Ruellia amoena Sessé & Moc. Ruellia amplectens Wall. ex Nees Ruellia amplexicaule (Nees) Lindau Ruellia amplexicaulis (Nees) Lindau Ruellia ampliata Edgew. ex Nees Ruellia amygdalifolia Steud. Ruellia anamariae A.S.Reis, A.Gil & Kameyama Ruellia anaticollis Benoist Ruellia angusta Bojer ex Nees Ruellia angustiflora (Nees) Lindau Ruellia angustifolia Sw. Ruellia angustior (Nees) Lindau Ruellia anisophylla (G.Lodd.) Wall. ex Hook. Ruellia ansericollis Benoist Ruellia anthracina Leonard Ruellia antiquorum Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood Ruellia aquatica Leonard Ruellia arborescens Pav. ex Nees Ruellia arcuata Wall. Ruellia ardeicollis Benoist Ruellia argentea Wall. Ruellia aromatica Roxb. ex Nees Ruellia articulata Houtt. Ruellia aruensis S.Moore Ruellia asema Leonard Ruellia aspera (Decne.) Nees Ruellia asperula (Mart. ex Ness) Lindau Ruellia atropurpurea Wall. Ruellia atroviridis Wall. Ruellia attenuata Wall. ex Nees Ruellia aurantiaca Leonard Ruellia auriculata Wall. Ruellia bahiensis (Nees) Morong Ruellia baikiei (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.fil. ex Salomon Ruellia balsamica L.fil. Ruellia bangii Rusby Ruellia barbata Sieber ex Steud. Ruellia barbillana Cufod. Ruellia barlerioides B.Heyne ex Roth Ruellia batangana J.Braun & K.Schum. 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 (Nees) S.Moore Ruellia biceps (Nees) Steud. Ruellia bicolor Blume Ruellia bignoniiflora S.Moore Ruellia bilabiata Reinw. ex Blume Ruellia biloba Hochst. Ruellia biolleyi Lindau Ruellia blanchetiana (Moric.) Lindau Ruellia blechioides Sw. Ruellia blechum L. Ruellia blumeana Nees Ruellia blumei Steud. Ruellia bolivarensis Wassh. Ruellia boliviana Govaerts Ruellia boranica Ensermu Ruellia borneensis (S.Moore) E.A.Tripp & I.Darbysh. Ruellia bourgaei Hemsley Ruellia brachyopoda Bojer ex Nees Ruellia brachysiphon (Nees) Benth. & Hook.fil. Ruellia bracteata R.Br. Ruellia bracteiflora Glaz. Ruellia bracteophylla Chiov. Ruellia brandbergensis Kers Ruellia brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees Ruellia breedlovei T.F.Daniel Ruellia brevicaulis (Nees) Lindau Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C.Ezcurra Ruellia brittoniana Leonard Ruellia brunoniana Wall. Ruellia bulbifera Lindau Ruellia burttii Vollesen Ruellia caerulea Morong Ruellia californica (Rose) I. M. Johnston Ruellia calimensis Wassh. Ruellia callosa Wall. Ruellia calvescens Nees Ruellia calycina Wall. Ruellia calycosa (Nees) Lindau Ruellia campestris (Oerst.) Hemsl. Ruellia capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Ruellia capotyra Braz & I.H.F.Azevedo Dipteracanthus capreaefolius Nees Ruellia capuronii Benoist Ruellia caracasana (Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Nees) V.M.Badillo Ruellia carmenaemiliae Llamozas Ruellia carnea I. B. Balfour Ruellia carolinensis (J.F.Gmel.) Steud. Ruellia caroliniensis (Walter) Steudel Ruellia caucensis Leonard Ruellia cavaleriei H.Lév. Ruellia cayenennsis Spreng. Ruellia cearensis Lindau Ruellia cedilloi Ramamoorthy Ruellia cephalotes Wall. Ruellia chamaedrys (Nees) Angely Ruellia chariessa Leonard Ruellia chartacea (T.Anderson) Wassh. Ruellia chelonoides Wall. Ruellia chenopodiifolia Poir. Ruellia chichesterensis (Trudgen & P.-L.deKock) Ruellia chilpancingana T.F.Daniel Ruellia chiovendae Fiori Ruellia chiquitensis Baill. Ruellia ciconiicollis Benoist Ruellia ciliaris Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia ciliata Hornem. Ruellia ciliatiflora Hook. Ruellia ciliosa Pursh Ruellia cirsiodes Nees Ruellia cirsioides Nees Ruellia clandestina Hook. ex Nees Ruellia clavata Reinw. ex Valeton Ruellia coccinea (L.) Vahl Ruellia coerulea Morong Ruellia collina Wall. Ruellia colombiana Leonard Ruellia colonensis Wassh. Ruellia commutata Steud. Ruellia comonduensis T.F.Daniel Ruellia concavifolia Ortega Ruellia confinis Nees Ruellia congesta (Leonard) Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia congoensis Benoist Ruellia consocialis Lindau Ruellia contorta Blanco Ruellia conzattii Standley Ruellia cooperi Leonard Ruellia cordata Thunb. Ruellia cordifolia Vahl Ruellia coromandeliana Wall. Ruellia coromandelina Nees Ruellia corymbosa Wall. ex Nees Ruellia corynotheca F.Muell. ex Benth. Ruellia corzoi Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia costaricensis (Oerst.) E.A.Tripp & Mc Dade Ruellia costata (Nees) Hiern Ruellia crenata Benth. Ruellia crispa Linnaeus Ruellia cristata (Jacq.) Andrews Ruellia crossandra Steud. Ruellia crucis Steud. Ruellia cuatrecasasii Wassh. Ruellia cucullata Bojer ex Nees Ruellia cumingiana Nees Ruellia cupheoides Fernald Ruellia currorii T.Anderson Ruellia curupira E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima Ruellia curviflora Nees & Mart. Ruellia cusia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia cuspidata B.Heyne ex Wall. Ruellia cuyabensis Wassh. Ruellia cyanea Bojer ex Nees Ruellia cygniflora Lindau Ruellia davisiorum Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia decaisniana Nees Ruellia decaryi Benoist Ruellia deccanensis J.Graham Ruellia decipiens Nees Ruellia delascioi Wassh. Ruellia delavayana Baill. Ruellia densa (Nees) Hiern Ruellia densiflora Hemsl. Ruellia denticulata Wall. Ruellia dependens Hook. ex Nees Ruellia dequairei Benoist Ruellia detonsa Benoist Ruellia devosiana Jacob-Makoy ex É.Morren Ruellia dichotoma Bertero ex Nees Ruellia dielsii Mildbr. Ruellia difformis L.fil. Ruellia diffusa Vellozo Ruellia digitalis Burm. Ruellia dimidiata (Nees) Nees Ruellia dioscoridis Napper Ruellia diphylla Sessé & Moc. Ruellia dipteracanthus (Nees) Hemsl. Ruellia discifolia Oliv. Ruellia discolor Lecchi ex Colla Ruellia dissidens Benoist Ruellia dissimilis J.B.Imlay Ruellia dissitifolia (Nees) Hiern Ruellia dissoluta Lindau Ruellia disticha Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia divaricata Wall. Ruellia diversifolia S.Moore Ruellia dolichosiphon Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood Ruellia domatiata I.Darbysh. & E.A.Tripp Ruellia domingensis Spreng. ex Nees Ruellia donnell-smithii Leonard Ruellia dorsiflora Retz. Ruellia drummondiana (Nees) A. Gray Ruellia drushelii Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia drymophila (Diels) Hand.-Mazz. Ruellia dubia Vahl ex Nees Ruellia dulcissima Steud. Ruellia dura Nees Ruellia ebracteata Dalzell Ruellia ebracteolata T.Anderson Ruellia echinata Wall. Ruellia edwardsae Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia elegans Poir. Ruellia elliptica Rusby Ruellia elongata Beauverd Ruellia epallocaulos Leonard ex C. Ezcurra & Wasshausen Ruellia eriocalyx Glaz. ex T.F.Daniel, E.A.Tripp & C.Ezcurra Ruellia eriostachya Bojer ex Nees Ruellia erythropus (Nees) Lindau Ruellia esquirolii H.Lév. Ruellia euantha Lindau Ruellia eucoma Steud. Ruellia eumorphantha Lindau Ruellia eurycodon Lindau Ruellia exilis Mc Dade & E.A.Tripp Ruellia exostemma Lindau Ruellia exserta Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood Ruellia extensa (Nees) Steud. Ruellia falcata (Nees) Steud. Ruellia fasciculata Wall. Ruellia fiherenensis Benoist Ruellia filicalyx Lindau Ruellia filicifolia Salzm. ex Nees Ruellia filiformis Klein ex Nees Ruellia fimbriata Wall. Ruellia fiorii Chiov. Ruellia flaccida Kurz Ruellia flagelliformis Roxb. Ruellia flava Roxb. Ruellia flexuosa Wall. Ruellia floribunda Hook. Ruellia foetida Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Ruellia foliosa Schwein. ex Nees Ruellia foliosepala T.F.Daniel Ruellia forbesii S.Moore Ruellia formosa Ledeb. ex Steud. Ruellia forsskaolii Thulin Ruellia forsskolii Thulin Ruellia fragrans G.Forst. Ruellia fruticosa Sessé & Moçiño ex de Candolle Ruellia fulgens (Bremek.) E.A.Tripp Ruellia fulgida Andrews Ruellia fulozinha E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima Ruellia furcata (Nees) Lindau Ruellia gairae Rohr ex Nees Ruellia galactophylla Chiov. Ruellia galeottii Leonard Ruellia gangetica (L.) R.Br. Ruellia garckeana K.Schum. Ruellia geayi (Benoist) E.A.Tripp Ruellia geminiflora Kunth Ruellia gemmipara Nees Ruellia genduana (Schweinf.) C.B.Clarke Ruellia geniculata Vellozo Ruellia gigantea Kunth Ruellia gilva Wassh. Ruellia glabra Willd. Ruellia glabrata (Leonard) Tharp & F. A. Barkley Ruellia glandulosopunctata (Nees) Lindau Ruellia glaucescens Wall. ex Nees Ruellia glischrocalyx Lindau Ruellia gloeocalyx K.Schum. Ruellia glomerata Nees Ruellia glutinosa Nees ex Wall. Ruellia golfodulcensis Durkee Ruellia gongodes Lindau Ruellia gooddingiana A.Nelson Ruellia gorgonensis Leonard Ruellia gossypina Nees Ruellia goyazensis Lindau Ruellia gracilis Rusby Ruellia graecizans Rech.f. Ruellia grandis Hook. Ruellia grantii Leonard Ruellia griffithiana Nees Ruellia grisea Leonard Ruellia gruicollis Benoist Ruellia guatemalensis Donn.Sm. Ruellia guerrerensis T. F. Daniel Ruellia guppyi Hemsl. Ruellia guttata Forssk. Ruellia haematantha Lindau Ruellia haenkeana (Nees) Wassh. Ruellia hamiltoniana Steud. Ruellia hapalotricha Lindau Ruellia harveyana Stapf Ruellia haughtii (Leonard) E.A.Tripp Ruellia helianthema (Nees) Profice Ruellia herbstii (Hook.) Hiern Ruellia herzogii Lindau Ruellia heteromorpha Fernald Ruellia heterosepala Benoist Ruellia heterotricha Deflers Ruellia hirsuta Nees Ruellia hirsutissima (Nees) E.A.Tripp Ruellia hirsuto-glandulosa Oerst. Ruellia hirsutoglandulosa (Oerst.) Hemsl. Ruellia hirtella J.B.Imlay Ruellia hispidosa Bojer ex Nees Ruellia hochstetteri Steud. Ruellia hoffmannseggii Steud. Ruellia holm-nielsenii Wassh. Ruellia homonyma Steud. Ruellia hookeriana (Nees) Hemsl. Ruellia humboldtiana Klotzsch ex Nees Ruellia humilis Nuttall Ruellia humistrata Lindau Ruellia huttonii T.Anderson Ruellia hybrida Pursh Ruellia hygrophila Mart. Ruellia hygrophiloides (Nees) Hemsl. Ruellia hypericifolia Rusby Ruellia hypericoides (Nees) Lindau Ruellia hyssopifolia Hochst. ex Nees Ruellia ibbensis Lindau Ruellia ignorantiae Herter Ruellia imbricata Vahl Ruellia incana B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke Ruellia incompta (Nees) Lindau Ruellia incomta (Nees) Lindau Ruellia indecora Benoist Ruellia indigofera Griff. Ruellia indigotica Fortune Ruellia inflata Rich. Ruellia infundibuliformis (L.) Roxb. Ruellia insignis Balf.fil. Ruellia insularis (Leonard) Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia insurrecta E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima Ruellia intermedia Leonard Ruellia intrusa Forssk. Ruellia inundata Kunth Ruellia ischnopoda Leonard Ruellia isophylla (Nees) Steud. Ruellia jacquemontiana Nees Ruellia jaliscana Standley Ruellia japonica Thunb. Ruellia japurensis Mart. ex Nees Ruellia jeddahica Hemaid Ruellia jiboia E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima Ruellia jimulcensis Villarreal Ruellia jimulensis Villarreal Ruellia junghuhniana Miq. Ruellia jussieuoides Schltdl. & Cham. Ruellia justiciiflora Hook. Ruellia justicioides Wall. ex Nees Ruellia kaokoana E.A.Tripp & K.G.Dexter Ruellia kaokoensis VanJaarsv. Ruellia kerrii Craib Ruellia kleinii C.Ezcurra & Wassh. Ruellia kunthiana Wall. Ruellia kuntzei Lindau Ruellia kuriensis Vierh. Ruellia lactea Cavanilles Ruellia lacustris Schltdl. & Cham. Ruellia lagopodes Ryan ex Nees Ruellia lamiifolia Wall. Ruellia lanatoglandulosa (Nees) Lindau Ruellia lanatoviscosa (Nees) Hemsl. Ruellia lanceolata Morong Ruellia lasiostachya Leonard Ruellia lasiostachys Leonard Ruellia laslobasensis E.A.Tripp Ruellia latebrosa Dalzell & Gibs. Ruellia latibracteata D. N. Gibson Ruellia latifolia Roth ex Nees Ruellia latisepala Benoist Ruellia laxa (Nees) Lindau Ruellia lechleri Britton Ruellia leonardiana Hammel Ruellia lepidota Urb. Ruellia leptosepala Benoist Ruellia leptostachya Wall. Ruellia leucantha Brandegee Ruellia leucobracteatus Durkee Ruellia leucoderma Lindau Ruellia liesneri Wassh. Ruellia lilacina Hook. Ruellia lindaviana Taub. Ruellia lindmaniana Fritsch Ruellia linearibracteolata Lindau Ruellia linifolia Benoist Ruellia lithophila Lindau Ruellia littoralis L.fil. Ruellia liturata Bosse Ruellia loefgrenii Lindau Ruellia lofgrenii Lindau Ruellia longepetiolata (Oerst.) Hemsl. Ruellia longicalyx Deflers Ruellia longifilamentosa Lindau Ruellia longiflora Pers. Ruellia longifolia Rich. Ruellia longipedunculata Lindau Ruellia longipes Urb. Ruellia longipetiolata (Oerst.) Hemsl. Ruellia longipila Standl. Ruellia longissima (Benoist) E.A.Tripp Ruellia longituba D.N.Gibson Ruellia lorentziana Grisebach Ruellia lowei S.Moore Ruellia lupulina Wall. Ruellia lutea (Leonard) E.A.Tripp & Luján Ruellia luzona Nees Ruellia luzoniensis Merr. Ruellia lyi H.Lév. Ruellia lysimachia Nees Ruellia macarenensis Leonard Ruellia macrantha (Nees) Van Houtte Ruellia macrocalyx Ruiz ex Nees Ruellia macrophylla Vahl Ruellia macrosiphon Kurz Ruellia macrosolen Lillo ex C.Ezcurra Ruellia maculata Wall. Ruellia macvaughii T.F.Daniel Ruellia maderensis Nees Ruellia madurensis (Burm.fil.) Poir. Ruellia magnifica Mart. ex Nees Ruellia magniflora C.Ezcurra Ruellia makoyana Closon Ruellia malabarica Kostel. Ruellia malaca Leonard Ruellia malacophylla C.B.Clarke Ruellia malacosperma Greenman Ruellia malasica (C.B.Clarke) J.B.Imlay Ruellia maranhonis Pohl ex Nees Ruellia maravilla Maza Ruellia marlothiae Engl. Ruellia marlothii Engler Ruellia matagalpae Lindau Ruellia mattogrossensis Lindau Ruellia matudae Leonard ex Lundell Ruellia matutina Hochst. & Steud. ex C.Presl Ruellia maya T.F.Daniel Ruellia mcvaughii T.F.Daniel Ruellia megacantha M.E.Jones Ruellia megachlamys S.Moore Ruellia megasphaera Lindau Ruellia menthifolia Leonard Ruellia menthoides (Nees) Hiern Ruellia metallica Leonard Ruellia methia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia metzae Tharp Ruellia metziae Tharp Ruellia microcalyx (Nees) Lindau Ruellia microphylla (Nees) Lindau Ruellia mira Mc Dade & E.A.Tripp Ruellia mirandana Ramamoorthy & Y.H.Uribe Ruellia misera Benoist Ruellia modesta Mart. ex Nees Ruellia molinae D.N.Gibson Ruellia mollis (Nees) Lindau Ruellia mollissima Klein ex Nees Ruellia monadelpha Wall. ex Steud. Ruellia monanthos (Nees) Bojer ex T. Anderson Ruellia montana Wall. Ruellia montezumae Lindau Ruellia moritziana Klotzsch ex Nees Ruellia morongii Britton Ruellia mucronata Wall. Ruellia muelleri Tharp & F. A. Barkley Ruellia multicaulis A. Richard Ruellia multifolia (Nees) Lindau Ruellia multisetosa Rusby Ruellia mysorensis Roth Ruellia mysurensis Roth Ruellia nagchana Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia nana Nees Ruellia napifera Zollinger & Moritzi Ruellia napoensis Wassh. Ruellia neesiana (Mart. ex Ness) Lindau Ruellia neglecta Steud. Ruellia nemoralis Vahl ex Nees Ruellia nemorosa Zollinger & Moritzi Ruellia nemorum Russell ex Wall. Ruellia neolongifolius Bennet & Raizada Ruellia neoneesiana Wassh. Ruellia neovedia (Nees) Lindau Ruellia neowedia (Nees) Lindau Ruellia nilbutia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia nitens (Nees) Wassh. Ruellia nitida (Nees) Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood Ruellia nobilis (Moore) Lindau Ruellia noctiflora (Nees) A. Gray Ruellia nocturna Hedrén Ruellia norvegigratiosa Mc Dade & E.A.Tripp Ruellia novagaliciana T. F. Daniel Ruellia novogaliciana T.F.Daniel Ruellia nubica Delile Ruellia nudiflora (Engelmann & A. Gray) Urban Ruellia nudispica C. B. Clarke Ruellia nummularia Benoist Ruellia nutans Steud. Ruellia oaxacana Leonard Ruellia obliqua Pers. Ruellia oblongifolia G.Lodd. ex Drapiez Ruellia obovata Buch.-Ham. Ruellia obscura Russell ex Wall. Ruellia obtusa Nees Ruellia obtusata S. F. Blake Ruellia occidentalis (A. Gray) Tharp & F. A. Barkley Ruellia ochroleuca Mart. ex Nees Ruellia octaviensis P.G.Mey. Ruellia ocymoides Cav. Ruellia odorata E.A.Tripp & Mc Dade Ruellia orthocaula (Bremek.) Ruellia otaviensis P.G.Mey. Ruellia ovalifolia (Oerst.) Hemsl. Ruellia ovata Thunberg Ruellia oxysepala C.B.Clarke Ruellia pacifica Svenson Ruellia palmeri Greenman Ruellia palustris Durkee Ruellia panamensis (Lindau) E. A. Tripp Ruellia panayensis Merr. Ruellia panichanga Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia paniculata Linn Ruellia panucana Lindau Ruellia parabolica Nees Ruellia paradoxa Lindau Ruellia parryi A. Gray Ruellia parva (Nees) Hemsl. Ruellia parviflora Urb. Ruellia parvifolia Urb. Ruellia patula Jacquin Ruellia pauciflora Wall. Ruellia paucinervia (T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke) Heine Ruellia pauciovulata Benoist Ruellia paulayana Vierh. Ruellia pavala Roxb. Ruellia pectinata Wall. Ruellia pectoralis (Jacq.) M.C.Velez Ruellia pedunculata Torr. ex A.Gray Ruellia pedunculosa (Nees) Lindau Ruellia peninsularis (Vasey & Rose) I.M.Johnst. Ruellia pennellii Leonard Ruellia penstemonoides Wall. Ruellia pereducta Standl. ex Lundell Ruellia perrieri Benoist Ruellia persica Burm.fil. Ruellia persicifolia Lindl. Ruellia petiolaris (Lindau) T. F. Daniel Ruellia petiolata Bojer ex Nees Ruellia philippinensis Elmer Ruellia phlomoides Wall. Ruellia phyllocalyx Lindau Ruellia picta G.Lodd. Ruellia pilosa Linnaeus f. Ruellia pinetorum Fernald Ruellia pipericaulis Rizzini Ruellia pittieri Lindau Ruellia placoidea Rendle Ruellia pohlii (Nees) Lindau Ruellia poilanei Benoist Ruellia poissonii Benoist Ruellia porrigens Mart. ex Nees Ruellia portellae Hook.fil. Ruellia potamophila Leonard Ruellia potamoxenos K.Schum. Ruellia praeclara Standl. Ruellia praetermissa Schweinf. ex Lindau Ruellia pratensis D.N.Gibson Ruellia primulacea F.Muell. ex Benth. Ruellia primulifolia Nees Ruellia primuloides (T.Anderson ex Benth.) Heine Ruellia pringlei Fernald Ruellia prismatica Vell. Ruellia prostrata Poiret Ruellia proxima Lindau Ruellia pseudopatula Ensermu Ruellia pterocaulon Leonard Ruellia puberula (Leonard) Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia pubescens Pers. Ruellia pubiflora Griseb. Ruellia pulchella Schott ex Steud. Ruellia pulcherrima T. Anderson ex Hemsley Ruellia pulverulenta Leonard Ruellia pumila (Nees) Pav. ex B.D.Jacks. Ruellia pumilio R.Br. Ruellia punctata Nees Ruellia purdieana Hook. Ruellia puri (Mart. ex Nees) Lindau Ruellia purii Mart. ex Nees Ruellia purpuricaulis Wall. ex Nees Ruellia purshiana Fernald Ruellia putumayensis Leonard Ruellia pygmaea Donn.Sm. Ruellia quadranguiaris B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke Ruellia quadrangularis B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke Ruellia quadrisepala Benoist Ruellia quadrivalvis Buch.-Ham. Ruellia quartziticola Callm., E.A.Tripp & Phillipson Ruellia quaterna Thonn. Ruellia quitensis Schltdl. & Cham. Ruellia racemosa Roxb. Ruellia radicalis Buch.-Ham. ex Nees Ruellia radicans Hochstetter ex A. Richard Ruellia radiciflora Vahl ex Nees Ruellia rasa Hiern Ruellia rauhii Wassh. Ruellia ravaccensis Nees Ruellia reflexa Royle ex Nees Ruellia reitzii Wassh. & L.B.Sm. Ruellia reniformis Wall. ex Nees Ruellia repens Linnaeus Ruellia reptans G.Forst. Ruellia resupinata E.Tripp & T.F.Daniel Ruellia retrofacta Wall. Ruellia rhamnifolia Willd. ex Nees Ruellia rhytiphylla Nees Ruellia richardsiae Vollesen Ruellia riedeliana Profice Ruellia ringens L. Ruellia riopalenquensis Wassh. Ruellia rivinifolia Wall. Ruellia rivularis B.Boivin Ruellia robertii (S.Moore) Wassh. Ruellia rohrii Vahl ex Nees Ruellia rosea (Nees) Hemsl. Ruellia rotundifolia D.Don Dipteracanthus rubiaeformis Nees Ruellia rubicaulis Cav. Ruellia rubicunda Wight ex Wall. Ruellia rubiginosa (Nees) Lindau Ruellia rubra Aubl. Ruellia rubricaulis Cavanilles Ruellia rufescens Roth Ruellia rufipila Rizzini Ruellia ruiziana (Nees) Lindau Ruellia runyonii Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia rupestris B.Heyne ex T.Anderson Ruellia ruprestris Sw. Ruellia rusbyi Leonard Ruellia ruspolii Lindau Ruellia russeliana Wall. Ruellia sabineana Wall. ex Lindl. Ruellia sabiniana Lindl. ex Wall. Ruellia saccata Schmidt-Leb. & E.A.Tripp Ruellia saccifera Benoist Ruellia saeri Llamozas Ruellia salicifolia Wall. Ruellia salmeronensis Llamozas Ruellia salviifolia (Nees) Profice Ruellia sanguinea Griseb. Ruellia sarmentosa Nees Ruellia sarukhaniana Ramamoorthy Ruellia satpoorensis Wawra Ruellia saulensis Wassh. Ruellia saxicola Bojer ex Nees Ruellia scabrida Wall. Ruellia scabrifolia Valeton Ruellia scabrosa Sw. Ruellia scandens Lindau Ruellia scariosa Wall. Ruellia scarlatina M.J.Silva Ruellia sceptrum-marianum (Vell.) Stearn Ruellia schaueriana (Nees) Lindau Ruellia schlechtendaliana (Nees) Hemsl. Ruellia schnellii Wassh. Ruellia sclerochiton S.Moore Ruellia seclusa S.Moore Ruellia secunda Wall. Ruellia secundiflora Bojer ex Nees Stemonacanthus sellovianus Nees Ruellia sellowiana (Nees) Lindau Ruellia serpens Nees Ruellia serrana Profice Ruellia serrata Thunb. Ruellia serratitheca Rusby Ruellia sesamoides Wall. Ruellia sessilifolia (Nees) Lindau Ruellia sessilis Balb. ex Nees Ruellia shaferiana Urb. Ruellia siamensis J.B.Imlay Ruellia sibua (Nees) I.M.Turner Ruellia silvaccola (Nees) Lindau Ruellia silvaecola (Mart. ex Nees) Lindau Ruellia simplex C. Wright Ruellia simplicicaulis Glaz. Ruellia sindica Ghafoor & H.Heine Ruellia singularis Benoist Ruellia siphonantha Hils. & Bojer ex Nees Ruellia siraensis Wassh. Ruellia sivarajanii Sreedevi, Remadevi & Binojk. Ruellia socotrana Vierh. Ruellia solitaria Vell. Ruellia somalensis Lindau Ruellia sororia Standley Ruellia sp. Ruellia spatulifolia Benoist Ruellia speciosa Lindau Ruellia spectabilis (Hook.) G.Nicholson Ruellia spicata Roth Ruellia spiciflora F.Muell. ex Benth. Ruellia spinescens Thunb. Ruellia spissa Leonard Ruellia splendidula (Nees) Lindau Ruellia sprucei Lindau Ruellia squarrosa Fenzl Ruellia standleyi Leonard Ruellia stelligera Benoist Ruellia stemonacanthoides (Oerst.) Hemsl. Ruellia stenandrium Pohl ex Nees Ruellia stenophylla C.B.Clarke Ruellia steyermarkii Wassh. Ruellia strepens Linnaeus Ruellia stricklandii (F.Muell.) Lindau Ruellia strictopaniculata Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia strigosa Nees Ruellia strobilina Wall. Ruellia stuebelii Lindau Ruellia suaveolens Span. Ruellia subacaulis K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Ruellia subcapitata (Nees) Hemsl. Ruellia subcordata Leonard Ruellia subdentata Klotzsch ex Nees Ruellia subringens (Nees) Lindau Ruellia subsericea Wall. Ruellia subsessilis (Nees) Lindau Ruellia subulata J.B.Imlay Ruellia succulenta Small Ruellia sudanica (Schweinf.) Lindau Ruellia suffruticosa Roxb. Ruellia sumatrensis Roth Ruellia superba D.Dietr. Ruellia sylvaccola Mart. ex Nees Ruellia taboleirana E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima Ruellia tachiadena (Heine & A.Raynal) E.A.Tripp Ruellia tanacetifolia Vahl ex Nees Ruellia tarapotana Lindau Ruellia tentaculata L. Ruellia tenuis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia terminale (Nees) Wassh. Ruellia terminalis (Nees) Wassh. Ruellia tessmannii Mildbr. Ruellia tetragona Link Ruellia tetragonostachya Wall. Ruellia tetrasperma Champ. Ruellia tetrastichantha Lindau Ruellia thunbergiaeflora T.Anderson Ruellia thunbergii F.Dietr. Ruellia thunbergiiflora T.Anderson Ruellia thymifolia Vahl ex Nees Ruellia thyrsacanthoides Lindau Ruellia thyrsostachya Lindau Ruellia togoensis (Lindau) Heine Ruellia tolimensis Leonard Ruellia tonduzii Lindau Ruellia trachyphylla Lindau Ruellia transitoria Benoist Ruellia treubiana Lindau Ruellia trichotoma Nees Ruellia triflora (Nees) Roxb. Ruellia trinervis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia trivialis Blanch. ex Nees Ruellia tuberosa Linnaeus Ruellia tuberose L. Ruellia tubiflora Kunth Ruellia tubulata (Nees) Pav. ex B.D.Jacks. Ruellia turbacensis (Nees) Lindau Ruellia turbascensis (Nees) Lindau Ruellia turbaxensis (Nees) Benth. Ruellia turbinis Benoist Ruellia tuxtlensis Ramamoorthy & Hornelas Ruellia tweedieana Griseb. Ruellia tweediei (Nees) T.Anderson ex Morong & Britton Ruellia tweedyana Griseb. Ruellia tweedyi (Nees) T.Anderson ex Morong & Britton Ruellia uliginosa L.fil. Ruellia ulmifolia Wall. Ruellia umbrosa M.J.Silva Ruellia undulata Vahl Ruellia uniflora Bojer ex Nees Ruellia upudalii B.Vogel Ruellia urens B.Heyne ex Roth Ruellia uribei Leonard Ruellia urophylla Wall. Ruellia urticifolia Wall. Ruellia ustulata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Ruellia varians Vent. Ruellia variegata Lubbers Ruellia velascana Lindau Ruellia velutifolia (House) Wasshausen & Austin Ruellia velutina (Schinz) E.Phillips Ruellia ventricosa Poir. Ruellia venusta Hance Ruellia verbasciformis (Nees) C.Ezcurra & D.Zappi Ruellia verticillata Wall. Ruellia verticilliflora Steud. Ruellia vestita Engl. Ruellia villanovensis Colla Ruellia villosa (Nees) Lindau Ruellia vinciflora DC. ex Nees Ruellia vincta Benoist Ruellia vindex Mart. ex Nees Ruellia violacea Aubl. Ruellia viridiflora Leonard Ruellia viscidula (Mart. ex Nees) Lindau Ruellia viscosissima (Nees) Lindau Ruellia viscosula Wall. ex Nees Ruellia wasshauseniana E.A.Tripp Ruellia whitneyana E.A.Tripp Ruellia wightiana Wall. Ruellia willdenoviana (Nees) Lindau Ruellia willdenowiana (Nees) Lindau ex Rusby Ruellia williamsii Leonard Ruellia woodii C.B.Clarke Ruellia woolstonii C.Ezcurra Ruellia wurdackii Wassh. Ruellia yucatana (Leonard) Tharp & F.A.Barkley Ruellia yurimaguensis Lindau Ruellia zeyheri (Sond.) T.Anderson Ruellia zeylanica K.D.Koenig ex Roxb.
Remarks	Lectotype (Britton & A. Br., Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2, 3: 241. 1913): R. tuberosa L.
Citation	1753 Sp. Pl. 2: 634
Holdings	26 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Ruellia Linnaeus
Identification made in	[no date] (15), 1899 (1), 1939 (1), 1946 (1), 1947 (2), 1982 (2), 1985 (1), 1988 (1), 1990 (2)