Summary ³

Ruellia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as ruellias or wild petunias. They are not closely related to petunias (Petunia) although both genera belong to the same euasterid clade. The genus was named in honor of Jean Ruelle, herbalist and physician to Francis I of France and translator of several works of Dioscorides.

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1. (c) Mauricio Mercadante, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mercadanteweb/4457910948/
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3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruellia

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Plants of the World Online
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos

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