Ruellia elegans Poiret [ Ruellia formosa Bonpl.]
Humboldt, F.H.A. von, Bonpland, A., Plantes equinoxiales (1808-1809)
Pl. Aequinoct.

vol. 1 (1808)
t. 48 (1808)
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Ruellia elegans Poiret


name cited:
Ruellia formosa Bonpl.
name recognized:
Ruellia elegans Poiret
drawing: P.J.F. Turpin
family: Acanthaceae
subfamily: Acanthoideae
epithet cited: formosus,-a,-um

epithet recognized: elegans

Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.
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homotypic synonyms:
Arrhostoxylum elegans (Poiret) Bremek. & Nann.-Bremek.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Arrhostoxylum formosa (Bonpl.) Nees; Ruellia formosa Bonpl.;
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