Phaulopsis imbricata

Phaulopsis imbricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Phaulopsis
Species: P. imbricata
Binomial name
Phaulopsis imbricata
(Forssk.) Sweet
Synonyms
  • Aetheilema anisophyllum R.Br.
  • Aetheilema anisophyllum E.Mey. ex Nees
  • Aetheilema glutinosum Steud.
  • Aetheilema imbricatum R.Br.
  • Aetheilema imbricatum (Forssk.) Spreng.
  • Aetheilema longifolium Spreng.
  • Aetheilema mucronatum Griff.
  • Aetheilema parviflorum Spreng.
  • Aetheilema reniforme Nees
  • Aetheilema rothii Steud.
  • Antheilema imbricata Raf.
  • Barleria inaequalis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Blechum anisophyllum Juss.
  • Phaulopsis longifolia Sims
  • Phaulopsis parviflora Willd.
  • Ruellia imbricata Forssk.

Phaulopsis imbricata is a shrub native to South Africa.[2] It is also known as Himalayan ruellia. Leaves are opposite, one larger than the other in each pair, usually asymmetrical at the base.[3] Phaulopsis imbricata is a good fodder, the young leaves are eaten as a vegetable and the plant-ash in oil is rubbed into scarifications on the back for rheumatism in Tanganyika.[4] The flowers have an unpleasant smell.[5] It is filed as near-threatened by the IUCN.[6] It is one of the larval host plants of the butterflies great eggfly, tiny grass blue, brown pansy, soldier pansy and marbled elf.

References

  1. ↑ Ghogue, J.-P. (2010). "Phaulopsis imbricata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T185412A8406478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T185412A8406478.en. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=29667
  3. ↑ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Ruellia.html
  4. ↑ http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/1_72
  5. ↑ http://eol.org/pages/2878968/overview
  6. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/185412/0
  • Where seen
  • Photos
  • Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Phaulopsis imbricata". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.


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