Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Stemonacanthus macrophyllus (Vahl) Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 205(–206). 1847.
  • Ruellia maravilla M.Gómez, Noc. Bot. Sist.: 79. 1893, nom. illeg. superfl.

Homonym

• Ruellia macrophylla Willd. ex Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 11: 207. 1847, nom. inval. pro syn.

Primary references

• Nees ab Esenbeck, C.G. 1847. Ordo CXLV. Acanthaceae. Pp. 46–519, 720–732 in De Candolle, A. (ed.), Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum hucusque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 11, Sistens praesertim Acanthaceaes et Verbenaceas. Sumptibus Victoris Masson, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

• Vahl, M. 1791. Symbolae botanicae, sive plantarum, tam earum, quas in itinere, imprimis orientali, collegit Petrus Forskål, quam aliarum, recentius detectarum, exactiores descriptiones, nec non observationes circa quasdam plantas dudum cognitas. Pars 2. 108 pp., tt. 26–50. Nicolaus Möller & fil., Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Acanthaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1–15. BHL Reference page. 

• Daniel, T.F. 2004. Further range extensions of Mexican Acanthaceae. Polibotánica 18: 1–12. PDF Reference page. 

• Leonard, E.C. 1951. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, I. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 31(1): I–VI, 1–117. BHL JSTOR Reference page. 

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

• Wasshausen, D.C. 1995. Acanthaceae. Pp. 335–374 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 2, Pteridophytes, Spermatophytes, Acanthaceae–Araceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-74-6. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ruellia macrophylla. Published online. Accessed 08 March 2018.

• GBIF

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ruellia macrophylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2018-03-08.

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ruellia macrophylla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 June 22.

• Tropicos.org 2018. Ruellia macrophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 08 March 2018.

• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Ruellia macrophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 08 March 2018.

• Ruellia macrophylla in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 14 April 2018.

• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Ruellia macrophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 08 March 2018.