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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Ruellioideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Ruellioideae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Lamianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.       Subordo  Acanthineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 186. Mai 1898.       Familia  Acanthaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 102. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Acanthus       Subfamilia  Ruellioideae T. Anders. in Thwaites pub. Enum. Plant. Zeyl.: 224. Oct-Nov 1859.

Named members of the Subfamily Ruellioideae

1	Tribus  Ruellieae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 23. 1829.
	2    Subtribus  Ruelliinae Nees in Wall. pub. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 75. 15 Aug 1832.      3    Genus  Ruellia L. pub. (1753) common name: wild petunia

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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