''Ruehssia'' is a genus of plants in the family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...
.
It is also in the
Asclepiadoideae
The Asclepiadoideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Formerly, it was treated as a separate family under the name Asclepiadaceae, e.g. by APG II, and known as the milkweed family.
They form a group of perennial herbs, twinin ...
subfamily and Marsdenieae tribe.
Its native range is tropical and subtropical South America. It is found in Argentina (north-eastern and north-western), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (north, north-eastern, south, south-eastern and west-central), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Mexico (north-eastern, south-eastern and south-western), Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands.
The genus name of ''Ruehssia'' is in honour of Carl Andreas Rühsz (1805–1880), the German consul in
Puerto Cabello
Puerto Cabello () is a city on the north coast of Venezuela. It is located in Carabobo State, about 210 km west of Caracas. As of 2011, the city had a population of around 182,400. The city is home to the largest and busiest port in the count ...
, Venezuela. He was a supporter of art and science.
It was first described and published in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten Vol.19 on page 304 in 1849.
Species
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Plants of the World Online
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History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted the following species:
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Ruehssia altissima''
(Jacq.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia amorimii''
(Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia amylacea''
(Barb.Rodr.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia asclepioidea''
(Rusby) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia asplundii''
(Morillo & Spellman) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia astephanoides''
(A.Gray) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia avacanoeira''
(F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia beatricis''
(Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia bergii''
(Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia bourgaeana''
(Baill.) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia brasiliensis''
(Decne.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia breviramosa''
(Rapini & Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia caatingae''
(Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia calcaria''
(F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia calichicola''
(Carnevali & Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia callosa''
(Juárez-Jaimes & W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia carterae''
(W.D.Stevens & Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia carvalhoi''
(Morillo & Carnevali) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia castillonii''
(Lillo ex T.Mey.) H.A.Keller & Liede
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Ruehssia clausa''
(R.Br.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
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Ruehssia colombiana''
(Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia condensiflora''
(S.F.Blake) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia coulteri''
(Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia cubensis''
(Turcz.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
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Ruehssia cuixmalensis''
(Juárez-Jaimes & L.O.Alvarado) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia cundurango
''Ruehssia cundurango'' is a species of plant of the genus '' Ruehssia'' native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in South America. It has the common name condurango. The subspecies ''Ruehssia cundurango'' subsp. ''cundurango'' (synonym ''Marsdenia c ...
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(Triana) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia dictyophylla''
(Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia dorothyae''
(Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia dussii''
(Schltr.) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia ecuadorensis''
(Morillo & Spellman) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia edulis''
(S.Watson) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia ekmanii''
(Alain) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia elliptica''
(Decne.) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia fontellana''
(Morillo & Carnevali) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia fruticosa''
(Donn.Sm.) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia fusca''
(C.Wright ex Griseb.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
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Ruehssia gallardoae''
(Lozada-Pérez) Lozada-Pérez
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Ruehssia gillespieae''
(Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia gualanensis''
(Donn.Sm.) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia guanchezii''
(Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia guaranitica''
(Malme) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia gymnemoides''
(W.Rothe) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia haitiensis''
(Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia hassleriana''
(Malme) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia hatschbachii''
(Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia heringeri''
(Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia hilariana''
(E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia hiriartiana''
(Juárez-Jaimes & W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia lanata''
(Paul G.Wilson) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia lauretiana''
(Woodson) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia laxiflora''
(Donn.Sm.) Gonz.-Martínez & Lozada-Pérez
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Ruehssia lindenii''
S.Reuss, Manitz & Liede
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Ruehssia linearis''
(Decne.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
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Ruehssia longiflora''
(A.Rich.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
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Ruehssia loniceroides''
(Hook.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia ludani''
(Juárez-Jaimes & Saynes) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia macfadyenii''
(Rendle) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia macroglossa''
(Schltr.) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia macrophylla''
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) H.Karst.
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Ruehssia magallanesiana''
(Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia malmeana''
(W.Rothe) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia mayana''
(Lundell) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia megalantha''
(Goyder & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia mexicana''
(Decne.) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia micrantha''
(Alain) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
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Ruehssia microcarpa''
(Juárez-Jaimes & Lozada-Pérez) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia minutiflora''
(F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia mollis''
(Brandegee) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia montana''
(Malme) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia naiguatensis''
(Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia nana''
(Rapini & Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia neomanarae''
(Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia neriifolia''
(Decne.) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia nitida''
(Poir.) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia nubicola''
(Alain) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia oaxacana''
(Morillo) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia oligantha''
(K.Schum.) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia otoniensis''
(Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia paganuccii''
(F.Esp.Santo & A.P.B.Santos) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia paraguaiensis''
(Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia paraibana''
(F.Esp.Santo & A.P.B.Santos) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia parvifolia''
(Brandegee) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia phallica''
(F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia pickelii''
(Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia pinetorum''
(Standl. & L.O.Williams) Gonz.-Martínez & Lozada-Pérez
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Ruehssia popoluca''
(Juárez-Jaimes & A.Campos) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia pringlei''
(S.Watson) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia propinqua''
(Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia quirinopolensis''
I.L.Morais & F.Esp.Santo
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Ruehssia riparia''
(Morillo & Spellman) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia robinsonii''
(J.R.Johnst.) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia rotheana''
(Woodson) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia rubrofusca''
(E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia rupestris''
(F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia rzedowskiana''
(Juárez-Jaimes & W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia salaschiblii''
(L.O.Alvarado & K.Maya M.) K.Maya M.
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Ruehssia saturejifolia''
(A.Rich.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
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Ruehssia schlechteriana''
(W.Rothe) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia serpentina''
(F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia sessilifolia''
(E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia smithii''
(Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia spiralis''
(W.Rothe) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia sprucei''
(W.Rothe) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia stephanotidifolia''
(Woodson) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia stevensiana''
(Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia steyermarkii''
(Woodson) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia suberosa''
(E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia suffruticosa''
(Alain) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia sumiderensis''
Lozada-Pérez, Ram.-Mar. & Gonz.-Martínez
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Ruehssia tholiformis''
(Juárez-Jaimes & L.O.Alvarado) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia thomasii''
(Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia tolimensis''
(Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia tressensiae''
(S.A.Cáceres & Morillo) H.A.Keller & Liede
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Ruehssia trisegmentata''
(F.Esp.Santo & A.P.B.Santos) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia trivirgulata''
(Bartlett) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia troyana''
(Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
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Ruehssia tubularis''
(L.O.Williams) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia ulei''
(Schltr. & W.Rothe) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia umbellata''
(Griseb.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
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Ruehssia undulata''
(Jacq.) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia veronicae''
(W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
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Ruehssia vinciflora''
(Griseb.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
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Ruehssia virgultorum''
(E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia weberbaueri''
(Schltr. & W.Rothe) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia weddellii''
(E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia woodburyana
''Ruehssia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. It is also in the Asclepiadoideae subfamily and Marsdenieae tribe.
Its native range is tropical and subtropical South America. It is found in Argentina (north-eastern and north-western ...
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(Acev.-Rodr.) Goyder
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Ruehssia xerohylica''
(Dugand) Liede & H.A.Keller
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Ruehssia yamanigueyensis''
Mangelsdorff
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Ruehssia zehntneri''
(Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
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Ruehssia zimapanica''
(Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q86711430
Apocynaceae genera
Plants described in 1849
Flora of the Neotropical realm
Asclepiadoideae
Taxa named by Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten