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Stephanophysum
Ruellia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as ruellias or wild petunias. They are not closely related to petunias (Petunia) although both genera belong to the same euasterid clade. The genus was named in honor of Jean Ruelle (1474–1537), herbalist and physician to Francis I of France and translator of several works of Dioscorides.
Numerous formerly independent genera are nowadays considered synonymous with Ruellia, including Blechum, Eusiphon, and Ulleria. Acanthopale and Polylychnis are considered a distinct genera.
37 branches of this group, most-observed first
Tropical Wild Petunia
speciesRuellia brevifolia
Ruellia angustiflora
speciesRuellia angustiflora
Ruellia breedlovei
speciesRuellia breedlovei
Ruellia jussieuoides
speciesRuellia jussieuoides
yerba maravilla
speciesRuellia coccinea
Ruellia terminalis
speciesRuellia terminalis
Ruellia macrophylla
speciesRuellia macrophylla
Ruellia proxima
speciesRuellia proxima
Ruellia costata
speciesRuellia costata
Ruellia pittieri
speciesRuellia pittieri
Ruellia fulgens
speciesRuellia fulgens
Ruellia stemonacanthoides
speciesRuellia stemonacanthoides
Ruellia pereducta
speciesRuellia pereducta
Ruellia eumorphantha
speciesRuellia eumorphantha
Ruellia biolleyi
speciesRuellia biolleyi
Ruellia fulgida
speciesRuellia fulgida
Ruellia sanguinea
speciesRuellia sanguinea
Ruellia yurimaguensis
speciesRuellia yurimaguensis
Ruellia puri
speciesRuellia puri
Ruellia potamophila
speciesRuellia potamophila
Ruellia amplexicaulis
speciesRuellia amplexicaulis
Ruellia matudae
speciesRuellia matudae
Ruellia saulensis
speciesRuellia saulensis
Ruellia menthoides
speciesRuellia menthoides
Ruellia ischnopoda
speciesRuellia ischnopoda
Ruellia lasiostachya
speciesRuellia lasiostachya
Ruellia nitida
speciesRuellia nitida
Ruellia exilis
speciesRuellia exilis
Ruellia dielsii
speciesRuellia dielsii
Ruellia whitneyana
speciesRuellia whitneyana
Ruellia oaxacana
speciesRuellia oaxacana
Ruellia rusbyi
speciesRuellia rusbyi
Ruellia chariessa
speciesRuellia chariessa
Ruellia grantii
speciesRuellia grantii
Ruellia grisea
speciesRuellia grisea
Ruellia pterocaulon
speciesRuellia pterocaulon
Ruellia gorgonensis
speciesRuellia gorgonensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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