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The genus Ruellia is in the family Acanthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ruellia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Ruellia angustiflora (Nees) Lindau ex Rambo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia angustifolia Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia anthracina Leonard	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia asema Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia aspera PHILLIPS	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia asperula (Mart. & Nees) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia bahiensis (Nees) Morong	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia barbillana Cufod.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia bignoniiflora S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia biolleyi Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia blechioides Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia blechum L.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia bolivarensis Wassh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia bourgaei Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia brachysiphon (Nees) Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia breedlovei T.F. Daniel	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C.Ezcurra	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia bulbifera Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia californica (Rose) I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia candida (Brandegee) Kobuski	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia caracasana (Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Nees) V.M.Badillo	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia carmenaemiliae Llamozas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia chartacea (T. Anderson) Wassh.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia ciliatiflora Hook.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia colonensis Wassh.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia comonduensis T.F. Daniel	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia consocialis Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia cordata Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia corzoi Tharp & F.A. Barkley	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia cupheoides Fernald	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia currorii T.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia cyanea (Nees) T. Anderson	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia delascioi Wassh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia dielsii Mildbr.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia dipteracanthus (Nees) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia dissitifolia (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia diversifolia S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia donnell-smithii Leonard	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia drummondiana (Nees) A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia drymophila (Diels) Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia elegans Poir.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia epallocaulos Leonard ex C. Ezcurra & Wassh.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia erythropus (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia exostemma Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia filicalyx Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia floribunda Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia foetida Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia fulgens (Bremek.) E. Tripp	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia fulgida Andrews	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia geminiflora Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia geniculata (Nees) Benoist	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia glischrocalyx Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia golfodulcensis Durkee	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia haenkeana (Nees) Wassh.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia harveyana Stapf	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia hookeriana (Nees) Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia humboldtiana (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia humifusa (Oerst.) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia hygrophila Mart.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia hygrophiloides (Nees) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia hypericoides (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia inflata Rich.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia intermedia Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia inundata Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia jaliscana Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia jimulcensis Villarreal	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia jussieuoides Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia kleinii C.Ezcurra & Wassh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia lactea Cav.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia lanatoviscosa (Nees) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia lasiostachya Leonard	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia latibracteata D.N. Gibson	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia laxa (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia leucantha Nees	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia leucobracteatus Durkee	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia liesneri Wassh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia longepetiolata (Oerst.) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia longipedunculata Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia longituba D.N. Gibson	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia macrophylla Vahl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia macrosiphon (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia macrosolen Lillo	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia magniflora C.Ezcurra	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia malaca Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia matagalpae Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia matudae Leonard	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia maya T.F. Daniel	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia menthoides (Nees) Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia metallica Leonard	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia metziae Tharp	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia microcalyx (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia mollis (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia monanthos (Nees) Bojer ex T. Anderson	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia morongii Britton	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia multifolia (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia neoneesiana Wassh.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia nitida (Nees) Wassh. & J.R.I. Wood	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia nobilis (S. Moore) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia noctiflora (Nees) A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia oaxacana Leonard	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia occidentalis (A. Gray) Tharp & F.A. Barkley	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia otaviensis P.G.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia ovalifolia (Oerst.) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia palustris Durkee	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia paniculata L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia parryi A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia parva Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia patula Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia pedunculata Torr. ex A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia pedunculosa (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia peninsularis (Rose) I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia pereducta Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia petiolaris (Nees) T.F. Daniel	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia phyllocalyx Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia pilosa (Nees) Pav. ex Nees	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia pittieri Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia praeclara Standl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia praetermissa Schweinf. ex Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia primuloides Heine	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia proxima Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia pterocaulon Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia puberula (Leonard) Tharp & F.A. Barkley	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia pulverulenta Leonard	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia puri Mart. ex Nees	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia putumayensis Leonard	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia pygmaea Donn. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia rauhii Wassh.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia reitzii Wassh. & L.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia rivularis (Benoist) Boivin ex Benoist	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia rosea (Nees) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia rubra Aubl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia ruiziana (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia runyonii Tharp & F.A. Barkley	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia saeri Llamozas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia salmeronensis Llamozas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia sanguinea Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia schaueriana (Nees) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia schlechtendaliana (Nees) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia simplex C.Wright	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia sindica Ghafoor & Heine	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia solitaria Vell.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia speciosa (Nees ex A. DC.) Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia spissa Leonard	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia sprucei Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia standleyi Leonard	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia stemonacanthoides (Oerst.) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia steyermarkii Wassh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia subcapitata (Nees) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia tarapotana Lindau	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia terminale (Nees) Wassh.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia tessmannii Mildbr.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia togoensis (Lindau) Heine	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia tuberosa L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia tubiflora Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia turbaxensis (Nees) Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia tweediana Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia violacea Aubl.	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia willdenoviana (Nees) Lindau ex Rusby	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia woolstonii C. Ezcurra	Accepted		TRO
Ruellia wurdackii Wassh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Ruellia yurimaguensis Lindau	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 912 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ruellia. Of these 162 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 47 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ruellia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 912 species names for the genus Ruellia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	162	17.8%
◕	Synonym	169	18.5%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.1%
◕	Unassessed	580	63.6%

All names

The status of the 959 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ruellia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	166	17.3%
◕	Synonym	204	21.3%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.1%
◕	Unassessed	588	61.3%

Of these names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 912 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ruellia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	131	140	0	0	271	29.7%
	Low confidence	31	29	1	580	641	70.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Ruellia, are as follows: