Ruellia vindex

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Ruellia vindex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Acanthaceae Genus: Ruellia Species: R. vindex
Binomial name
Ruellia vindex Mart. ex Nees

Ruellia vindex (syn. Dipteracanthus vindex, Nees, Ruellia geminiflora var. angustifolia) is an plant native of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

[edit] See also

• List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil

[edit] References

• Hollowell, Tom, Lynn J. Gillespie, V.A. Funk, and Carol L. Kelloff. (2003) Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guyana: 1989 - 1991, Lynn J. Gillespie. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, volume 44: 104 pages (including 8 plates). [1]

• (Spanish) Wilmer A. Díaz P. y Francisco Delascio Ch. Catalog of vascular plants of Ciudad Bolívar and the surrounding area, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela [2]

[edit] External links

• Web Listing of Plants of the Guiana Shield: Acanthaceae - Cacataceae
• (Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Dipteracanthus vindex