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Acanthaceae

Subfamily Acanthoideae

Subfamily Avicennioideae

Subfamily Thunbergioideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Ruellia affinis (Schrad.) Lindau

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  • Common Name:
  • Family: Acanthaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Brazil
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Shrub, to 3 feet, glabrous; leaves elliptic, to 5 inches long, short-petioled; flowers axillary, solitary, corolla 3.5 inches long, scarlet or pale red, broadly funnelform, lobes spreading.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500158
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1101 - AFR:Madagascar A
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-02-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Acanthaceae
  • SubFamily: Acanthoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:
References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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