Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries

Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Ruellia Linnaeus
Authorship	Linnaeus
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomLeg
Placed in	Acanthaceae
Contains	Ruellia albiflora Fernald Ruellia alboviolacea Lindau Ruellia bangii Rusby Ruellia blumeana Nees Ruellia bourgaei Hemsley Ruellia californica (Rose) I. M. Johnston Ruellia caroliniensis (Walter) Steudel Ruellia ciliosa Pursh Ruellia conzattii Standley Ruellia crispa Linnaeus Ruellia cupheoides Fernald Ruellia diffusa Vellozo Ruellia donnell-smithii Leonard Ruellia drummondiana (Nees) A. Gray Ruellia elliptica Rusby Ruellia epallocaulos Leonard ex C. Ezcurra & Wasshausen Ruellia eumorphantha Lindau Ruellia exostemma Lindau Ruellia fruticosa Sessé & Moçiño ex de Candolle Ruellia fulgida Andrews Ruellia geminiflora Kunth Ruellia glabrata (Leonard) Tharp & F. A. Barkley Ruellia gracilis Rusby Ruellia guerrerensis T. F. Daniel Ruellia harveyana Stapf Ruellia humboldtiana Klotzsch ex Nees Ruellia humilis Nuttall Ruellia jaliscana Standley Ruellia lactea Cavanilles Ruellia lanatoglandulosa (Nees) Lindau Ruellia latibracteata D. N. Gibson Ruellia lechleri Britton Ruellia leucantha Brandegee Ruellia lorentziana Grisebach Ruellia macrophylla Vahl Ruellia malaca Leonard Ruellia malacosperma Greenman Ruellia marlothii Engler Ruellia metziae Tharp Ruellia muelleri Tharp & F. A. Barkley Ruellia multisetosa Rusby Ruellia napifera Zollinger & Moritzi Ruellia nemorosa Zollinger & Moritzi Ruellia noctiflora (Nees) A. Gray Ruellia novagaliciana T. F. Daniel Ruellia nudiflora (Engelmann & A. Gray) Urban Ruellia oaxacana Leonard Ruellia obtusata S. F. Blake Ruellia occidentalis (A. Gray) Tharp & F. A. Barkley Ruellia palmeri Greenman Ruellia panamensis (Lindau) E. A. Tripp Ruellia paniculata Linn Ruellia parryi A. Gray Ruellia pennellii Leonard Ruellia petiolaris (Lindau) T. F. Daniel Ruellia pinetorum Fernald Ruellia pringlei Fernald Ruellia pulcherrima T. Anderson ex Hemsley Ruellia purshiana Fernald Ruellia putumayensis Leonard Ruellia repens Linnaeus Ruellia rubricaulis Cavanilles Ruellia rusbyi Leonard Ruellia sarukhaniana Ramamoorthy Ruellia simplex C. Wright Ruellia sororia Standley Ruellia sp. Ruellia speciosa Lindau Ruellia spissa Leonard Ruellia sprucei Lindau Ruellia strepens Linnaeus Ruellia succulenta Small Ruellia tetrastichantha Lindau Ruellia thyrsacanthoides Lindau Ruellia tuberosa Linnaeus Ruellia velutifolia (House) Wasshausen & Austin Ruellia venusta Hance Ruellia viridiflora Leonard Ruellia williamsii Leonard
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)