Ruellia macrantha

Christmas pride
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruellia
Species: R. macrantha
Binomial name
Ruellia macrantha

Ruellia macrantha (Christmas pride) is a plant native of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil, which is usually used like an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

See also

  • Ruellia macrantha Photo
  • "Ruellia macrantha". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
  • List of taxa in the Virtual Herbarium Of The New York Botanical Garden: Ruellia macrantha
  • (in Portuguese) List of taxa in the Embrapa Recursos GenĂ©ticos e Biotecnologia: Ruellia macrantha


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