Ruellia menthoides

Ruellia menthoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruellia
Species:
R. menthoides
Binomial name
Ruellia menthoides
Hiern (1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dipteracanthus menthoides Nees (1847)
  • Ruellia asema Leonard (1959)

Ruellia menthoides is a species of flowering plant native to northern, eastern, and central Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Venezuela.[1] In Brazil it grows in the Cerrado ecoregion. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

References

  1. ^ a b Ruellia menthoides (Nees) Hiern. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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