Ruellia occidentalis (A.Gray) Tharp & F.A.Barkley

First published in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 42: 25 (1949)
This name is a synonym of Ruellia ciliatiflora

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Daniel, T.F., García-Morales, L.J. & Mora-Olivo, A. (2021). Taxonomic and photographic guide to the Acanthaceae of Tamaulipas. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 67: 185-228. [Cited as Ruellia ciliatiflora.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215. [Cited as Ruellia occidentalis.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0