Acanthaceae Juss.
Ruellia L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 634 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 283 [secondary reference]
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 479 [secondary reference]
Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 145 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 99 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Dipteracanthus Nees legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 230 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 374 [secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3: 241 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Ruellia tuberosa L.
Bremekamp, C.E.B. (1964), Verh. Konink. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch. ser. C, 67: 304-306 [secondary reference]
Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 1: 449 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cryphiacanthus Nees legitimate
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 964, 965 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Dipteracanthus Nees legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 61 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Brunoniella Bremek. legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Acanthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 453-454 [secondary reference]
Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 75-79 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cryphiacanthus Nees legitimate
Barker, R.M. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Acanthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 845 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Brunoniella Bremek. legitimate
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 144, 410 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stephanophysum Pohl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dipteracanthus Nees legitimate
Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Acanthaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 380-381 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Dipteracanthus Nees legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 753 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stephanophysum Pohl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dipteracanthus Nees legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Ruellia L. sect. Ruellia legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ruellia sect. Euruellia Lindau nom. inval. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cryphiacanthus Nees legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Ruellia sect. Cryphiacanthus (Nees) Benth. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Stephanophysum Pohl legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Hemigraphis Nees legitimate by Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 11: 145
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Dipteracanthus Nees legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Brunoniella Bremek. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545
Tripp, E.A. & Darbyshire, I. (2017), Phylogenetic Relationships Among Old World Ruellia L.: A New Classification and Reinstatement of the Genus Dinteracanthus Schinz. Systematic Botany 42(3): 479 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Dipteracanthus Nees legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Dipteracanthus Nees legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Dipteracanthus Nees legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 545