Family:
Acanthaceae Juss.
Genus:
Ruellia Plum. ex L.

Ruellia spissa Leonard

This species is accepted, and its native range is Mexico to Guatemala.

Native to:

Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Ruellia spissa Leonard appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 Palmer, E. [650], Mexico K000064382 No
Jan 1, 1994 Mexico K000534099 Yes
Dec 20, 1935 Hinton, G.B. [1231], Mexico K000064369 No
Hinton, G.B. [13039], Mexico K000064368 No
Hinton, G.B. [13004], Mexico K000064372 No
Palmer, E. [218], Jalisco K000064374 isotype Yes
Pringle, C.G. [2500], Mexico K000064371 No
Pringle, C.G. [11079], Mexico K000064373 No

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 61 (1938)

Accepted by

  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0