Talk:Ruellia

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Am I in the right place? What happened to Ruellia brittoniana?? Seems to be a common species of 'Mexican Petunia'? --Ctcurry 03:14, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Ruellia brittoniana = Ruellia angustifolia --Ricardo Carneiro Pires 13:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Taxonomical mess
The following taxa:


 * Ruellia acutangula Nees ex Mart.
 * Ruellia amoena Nees
 * Ruellia angustifolia Sessé et Moc.
 * Ruellia angustior (Nees) Lindau
 * Ruellia asperula Benth. et Hook.f.
 * Ruellia brevicaulis Baker
 * Ruellia capitata D.Don
 * Ruellia (Scorodoxylum) costata Hiern
 * Ruellia (Scorodoxylum) costata (Nees) Hiern var. latifolium Nees
 * Ruellia (Scorodoxylum) costata (Nees) Hiern var. salicifolium Nees
 * Ruellia densa Hiern
 * Ruellia diffusa Royle ex Nees
 * Ruellia dissitifolia Hiern.
 * Ruellia eriocalyx Glaz.
 * Ruellia eurycodon Lindau
 * Ruellia flava Roxb.
 * Ruellia formosa Andrews
 * Ruellia geminiflora Kunth
 * Ruellia glanduloso-punctata Lindau
 * Ruellia hapalotricha Lindau
 * Ruellia helianthemum (Nees) Lindau
 * Ruellia humilis Pohl ex Nees
 * Ruellia hypericoides Lindau
 * Ruellia incomta Lindau
 * Ruellia macrantha Mart. ex Nees
 * Ruellia menthoides Hiern
 * Ruellia neesiana Lindau
 * Ruellia (Dipteracanthus) nitens (Nees) Wassh.
 * Ruellia (Dipteracanthus) pohlii Nees
 * Ruellia puri Mart. ex Nees
 * Ruellia rasa Hiern
 * Ruellia rufipila Rizzini
 * Ruellia stenandrium Pohl ex Nees
 * Ruellia tomentosa Wall.
 * Ruellia trachyphylla Lindau
 * Ruellia trivialis Blanch. ex Nees
 * Ruellia tweediana Griseb.
 * Ruellia (Eurychanes) verbaciformis Nees
 * Ruellia villosa Lindau
 * Ruellia vindex Mart. ex Nees

all have their articles. The problem is, none of them are recognized but all are synonyms of some other taxa. It remains to figure out which ones are synonyms of which ones. The official list of recognized species is given in the article taxobox, according to GRIN database. Oeropium (talk) 23:11, 29 June 2008 (UTC)