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Ruellia
''Ruellia'' is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as ruellias or wild petunias. They are not closely related to petunias (''Petunia'') although both genera belong to the same euasterids I, euasterid clade. The genus was named in honor of Jean Ruelle (1474–1537), herbalist and physician to Francis I of France and translator of several works of Pedanius Dioscorides, Dioscorides. Numerous formerly independent genera are nowadays considered synonym (taxonomy), synonymous with ''Ruellia'', including ''Blechum'', ''Eusiphon'', and ''Ulleria''. ''Acanthopale'' and ''Polylychnis'' are considered a distinct genera. Ruellias are popular ornamental plants. Some are used as Herbalism, medicinal plants, but many are known or suspected to be poisonous. Their leaves are food for the caterpillars of several Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), typically Nymphalinae and in particular members of their tribe (biology), tribe Junoniini, such as the larvae of the banded peacock (''Anartia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruellia Nodiflora
''Ruellia'' is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as ruellias or wild petunias. They are not closely related to petunias (''Petunia'') although both genera belong to the same euasterid clade. The genus was named in honor of Jean Ruelle (1474–1537), herbalist and physician to Francis I of France and translator of several works of Dioscorides. Numerous formerly independent genera are nowadays considered synonymous with ''Ruellia'', including ''Blechum'', ''Eusiphon'', and ''Ulleria''. '' Acanthopale'' and '' Polylychnis'' are considered a distinct genera. Ruellias are popular ornamental plants. Some are used as medicinal plants, but many are known or suspected to be poisonous. Their leaves are food for the caterpillars of several Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), typically Nymphalinae and in particular members of their tribe Junoniini, such as the larvae of the banded peacock (''Anartia fatima''). Nymphalinae using ''Ruellia'' as host plants include the common buck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruellia Tuberosa
''Ruellia tuberosa'', also known as minnieroot, fever root, snapdragon root and sheep potato (), is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. Its native range is in Central America but it has become naturalized in Africa (Tanzania in particular), South and Southeast Asia. Some butterfly species, like the lemon pansy (''Junonia lemonias'') and the mangrove buckeye ('' Junonia genoveva''), feed on the leaves of ''Ruellia tuberosa''. Description and properties It is a small biennial plant with thick fusiform tuberous roots and striking funnel-shaped violet-colored flowers. Its fruit is a long sessile capsule containing about 20 seeds. Some of the names of the plant such as popping pod, duppy gun and cracker plant come from the fact that children like to play with the dry pods that pop when rubbed with spit or water. ''Ruellia tuberosa'' may be found in moist and shady environments. It grows, however, preferably in grasslands and roadsides—often as a weed in culti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Ruelle
Jean Ruel (1474 – 24 September 1537), also known as Jean Ruelle or Ioannes Ruellius in its Latinised form, was a French physician and botanist noted for the 1536 publication in Paris of ''De Natura Stirpium'', a Renaissance treatise on botany. Ruel was born in Soissons. He was self-taught in Greek and Latin, and studied medicine, graduating in 1508, or, according to other sources in 1502. In 1509 he became physician to Francis I, devoted himself at the same time to a study of botany and pharmacology. He was a professor at the University of Paris, and a large part of his academic career was given to an analysis of Dioscorides' ''De Materia Medica'', of which he published a Latin translation in 1516. Ruel's three-volume ''De Natura Stirpium'', which was published without illustrations, was intended partly as a gloss to the ancient writers. In it he described in great detail not only the habit and habitat, but also the smell and taste of each plant, producing a list in French of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anartia Fatima
''Anartia fatima'', the banded peacock, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is commonly found in south Texas, Mexico, and Central America but most studied in Costa Rica. This butterfly prefers subtropical climates and moist areas, such as near rivers. It spends much of its time in second-growth woodlands. Its larvae feed on plants in the family Acanthaceae, while adults primarily feed on flower nectar from ''Acanthus'' species. The species is diurnal. These butterflies face interspecies competition for nectar with other butterflies and must also compete with hummingbirds, who will chase them away. The eggs are laid in low-lying host plant leaves and flower bracts. Several hundred are laid by a single female within the span of a few days, with only a small percentage of the eggs surviving to adulthood. Eggs take five days to hatch and the larvae complete six instar phases before pupation. After pupation is complete, adults emerge and fly off within 1–2 hours. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malachite Butterfly
''Siproeta stelenes'' (malachite) is a Neotropical brush-footed butterfly (family Nymphalidae). The malachite has large wings that are black and brilliant green or yellow-green on the upperside and light brown and olive green on the underside. It is named for the mineral malachite, which is similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. Typically, the wingspread is between . The malachite is found throughout Central and northern South America, where it is one of the most common butterfly species. Its distribution extends as far north as southern Texas and the tip of Florida, to Cuba as subspecies ''S. s. insularis'' (Holland, 1916), and ''S. s. biplagiata'', and south to Brazil. Adults feed on flower nectar, rotting fruit, dead animals, and bat dung. Females lay eggs on the new leaves of plants in the family Acanthaceae, especially ''Ruellia''. The larvae are horned, spiny, black caterpillars with red markings, The pupal stage is green, with sharp, gold spines tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemon Pansy
''Junonia lemonias'', the lemon pansy, is a common nymphalid butterfly found in Cambodia and South Asia. It is found in gardens, fallow land, and open wooded areas. Description It is brown with numerous eyespots as well as black and lemon-yellow spots and lines on the upperside of the wings. The underside is a dull brown, with a number of wavy lines and spots in varying shades of brown and black. There is also an eyespot on the lower side of the forewing. The wet- and dry-season forms differ considerably in coloration and even shape. In the wet-season form the markings are distinct and vivid and the wing shape is a little more rounded. In the dry-season form the markings are obscure and pale especially on the underside and the wing margin is more angular and jagged. This helps it camouflage in the dried leaf litter. The lemon pansy is a very active butterfly and can be seen basking with its wings open facing the sun. It sits very low to the ground and can be approached easily. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Lurcher
''Yoma sabina'', the Australian lurcher, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northern Australasian realm and in Southeast Asia. The wingspan is around 7 cm. The larvae feed on '' Dipteracanthus bracteatus'' and ''Ruellia'' species (wild petunias). File:Yoma sabina vasuki.jpg, ''Yoma sabina vasuki'' from Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ... References External links Australian caterpillars Junoniini Taxa named by Pieter Cramer Butterflies described in 1780 Butterflies of Australia Butterflies of Taiwan {{Nymphalinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Buckeye
''Junonia coenia'', known as the common buckeye or buckeye, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Its range covers much of North America and some of Central America, including most of the eastern half of the US, the lower to middle Midwest, the Southwest (including most of California), southern Canada, and Mexico. Its habitat is open areas with low vegetation and some bare ground. Its original ancestry has been traced to Africa, which then experiences divergence in Asia. The species '' Junonia grisea'', the gray buckeye, is found west of the Rocky Mountains and was formerly a subspecies of ''Junonia coenia''. Caterpillars of these butterflies appear to prefer plants that produce iridoid glycosides, which are bitter compounds that release a hormone called gastrin that activates the digestive system (i.e. hunger); therefore, iridoid glycoside producing plants stimulate and attract their appetites particularly when found in plants like ''Plantago lanceolata''. In fact, the prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthopale
''Acanthopale'' is a plant genus of shrubs or subshrubs in the Acanthaceae plant family. The genus name is based on the classic Greek words for thorn ''ákantha'' and stake ''palum''. Some species in the genus are cultivated as ornamental plant Ornamental plants or ''garden plants'' are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars th ...s. Species 12 species are accepted: *'' Acanthopale aethiogermanica'' *'' Acanthopale breviceps'' *'' Acanthopale cuneifolia'' *'' Acanthopale confertiflora'' *'' Acanthopale decempedalis'' (synonym ''A. cameronica'' ) *'' Acanthopale humblotii'' *'' Acanthopale laxiflora'' (syn. ''Dischistocalyx laxiflorus'' ) *'' Acanthopale macrocarpa'' Vollesen *'' Acanthopale madagascariensis'' *'' Acanthopale perrieri'' *'' Acanthopale pubescens'' *'' Acanthopale ramiflora'' Formerly pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polylychnis
''Polylychnis radicans'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Guyana and French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west .... It is the sole species in genus ''Polylychnis''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q9061537, from2=Q93058129 Acanthaceae Monotypic Acanthaceae genera Flora of Guyana Flora of French Guiana Plants described in 1847 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
