''Ruellia jussieuoides'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the family

Acanthaceae Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...

. It is a subshrub of the tropical Americas, native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa, Rica, and Panama, and Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and West-Central and southeastern Brazil. It is native to the

Cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

ecoregion An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecological and geographic area that exists on multiple different levels, defined by type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and c ...

of Brazil.

References

External links

List of taxa in the Virtual Herbarium Of The New York Botanical Garden: ''Ruellia puri''
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List of taxa in the Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia: ''Ruellia puri''
jussieuoides Flora of Bolivia Flora of Southeast Brazil Flora of West-Central Brazil Flora of Costa Rica Flora of Ecuador Flora of Guatemala Flora of Central Mexico Flora of Veracruz Flora of Southeastern Mexico Flora of Southwestern Mexico Flora of Nicaragua Flora of Panama Flora of Peru Plants described in 1831 {{Acanthaceae-stub