EPPO Global Database

Ruellia brevifolia(RUEBF)

Overview
Code created in: 2014-01-27

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: RUEBF
  • Preferred name: Ruellia brevifolia
  • Authority: (Pohl) Ezcurra

Notes

Tropical South America. Cultivated as an ornamental


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Echinacanthus dichotomus Kuntze
Ruellia graecizans Backer
Ruellia serratitheca Rusby
Stephanophysum brevifolium Pohl
Stephanophysum longifolium Pohl
Stephanophysum macrandrum Bremekamp
Stephanophysum ventricosum Nees

Common names
Name Language
red Christmas pride English
red-spray ruellia English
tropical wild petunia English (US)
liebliche Rüllie German
руэллия прелестная Russian