Ruelliopsis

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Ruelliopsis
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Ruelliopsis setosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruelliopsis
C.B.Clarke (1899)
Species:
R. setosa
Binomial name
Ruelliopsis setosa
(Nees) C.B.Clarke (1899)
Synonyms [1]
  • Calophanes setosus Nees (1847)
  • Dyschoriste fleckiiSchinz (1915)
  • Dyschoriste setosa(Nees) Kuntze (1891)
  • Ruelliopsis damarensisS.Moore (1907)

Ruelliopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, Ruelliopsis setosa. [2]

It is native to Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia, and to the Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces of South Africa. [2]

The genus name of Ruelliopsis is in honour of Jean Ruel (1474–1537), a French herbalist and physician to Francis I of France and translator of several works of Dioscorides. [3] The Latin specific epithet of setosa means bristly derived from setose. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
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