Ruelliopsis | |
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Ruelliopsis setosa | |
Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Ruelliopsis setosa (
Nees) C.B.Clarke (1899)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
Ruelliopsis | |
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Ruelliopsis setosa | |
Scientific classification
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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)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]