Ruellia menthoides
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Ruellia menthoides | |
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Scientific 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) | |
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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
[edit]- ^ a b Ruellia menthoides (Nees) Hiern. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 March 2024.