Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C.Ezcurra

  • Authority

    Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.

  • Family

    Acanthaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ruellia brevifolia (Pohl) C.Ezcurra

  • Type

    Stephanophysum brevi fMl ium Pohl, P1. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2:84, tab. 155. 1831. TYPE: Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Schott ¥. (holotype W). Ruellia ventricosa Kuntli, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2:241. 1817, non Poiret 1 M)4. - Stephanophysum vent•icosum (Kurth) Nees, in DC., Prodr. 11:203. 1847. h pi : Peru, Prov. Jaen de Bracamoros„ Chamayae prope Chavico, Humboldt & Bonpland S.17. (holotype B, destroyed; F photo 18410; isotype P). Stephanophysum longilblium Pohl, Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 2:85, tab. 156. 1831. - Ruellia longifolia (Pohl) Griseb., in Abh. Konigl. Ges. Wiss. Gottingen 24:260. 1879, non Richard 1782. - Ruellia graeci:ans Backer, Brittonia 3:85, 87. 1938. TYPE: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Pirrahi, Pohl 3027, 6038 (holotype W). Echinacanthus dichotomus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P1. 2:489. 1891, non Ruellia dichotoma Sesse Moc. 1889. TYPE: Indonesia, Java, Bogor, Buitenzorg, Kuntz() sm. (holotype NY). RtwIlia serratitheca Rusby, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7:162. 1927. TYrr: Bolivia. I a Paz, Caliamina, Rushy 363 (holotype NY). Stephanophvisilm rnacrandrum Bremek., in Proc. Konin. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch. s. C. 72, no. 4:424. 1969. TYPE: Bolivia, Chuquisaca, Sites, Ba•tolo cc Brooke 5681 (holotype U; isotype NY). Fig. 29 (F-H).

  • Description

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    Description - Suffruticose herb or subshrub to 1 m, with numerous erect stems, glabrous; leafblades ovate, glabrous, apically acuminate; inflorescence axillary, lax, long-pedunculate, multi flowered cymes of compound dichasia; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, foliaceous, exceeding calyx lobes; calyx puberulous; corollas curved, scarlet, to 30 mm long, tube 5-10 mm long, opening into an anteriorly inflated, ventricose throat, narrowed toward orifice, lobes suberect, small, rounded, 2-3 mm long, retuse; capsule clavate. This is a red-flowered, presumably humming bird-pollinated species.

    Phenology - Flowers from April to October.