Ruthiella

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Ruthiella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Lobelioideae
Genus:Ruthiella
Steenis
Type species
Phyllocharis schlechteri
Diels. [1]
Synonyms [2]

Phyllocharis Diels 1919, illegitimate homonym, not Fée 1824

Ruthiella is a genus of plants in the Campanulaceae. It contains 4 known species, all endemic to New Guinea. [2] [3]

Campanulaceae family of plants

The family Campanulaceae, of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants belonging to the genera Campanula (bellflower), Lobelia, and Platycodon (balloonflower). Campanula rapunculus (rampion) and Codonopsis lanceolata are eaten as vegetables. Lobelia inflata and L. tupa and others have been used as medicinal plants.

New Guinea Island in the Pacific Ocean

New Guinea is a large island separated by a shallow sea from the rest of the Australian continent. It is the world's second-largest, after Greenland, covering a land area of 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq mi), and the largest wholly or partly within the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania.

  1. Ruthiella oblongifolia (Diels) Steenis
  2. Ruthiella saxicola (P.Royen) Steenis
  3. Ruthiella schlechteri (Diels) Steenis
  4. Ruthiella subcordata (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Steenis

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References

  1. designated by Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis, Blumea 13: 127 1965
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.