Biology:Phaulopsis imbricata
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Short description: Species of shrub
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Phaulopsis |
| Species: | P. imbricata
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| Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet
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Phaulopsis imbricata is a shrub native to South Africa.[2] It is also known as Himalayan ruellia. Leaves are opposite, one larger than the other in each pair, usually asymmetrical at the base.[3] Phaulopsis imbricata is a good fodder, the young leaves are eaten as a vegetable and the plant-ash in oil is rubbed into scarifications on the back for rheumatism in Tanganyika.[4] The flowers have an unpleasant smell.[5] It is filed as near-threatened by the IUCN.[1] It is one of the larval host plants of the butterflies great eggfly, tiny grass blue, brown pansy, soldier pansy and marbled elf.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ghogue, J.-P. (2010). "Phaulopsis imbricata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T185412A8406478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T185412A8406478.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185412/8406478. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "CJB - African plant database - Detail". http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=29667.
- ↑ "Phaulopsis dorsiflora - Himalayan Ruellia". http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Himalayan%20Ruellia.html.
- ↑ "Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet [family ACANTHACEAE]". http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/1_72.
- ↑ "Phaulopsis dorsiflora (Retz.) Santapau - Encyclopedia of Life". http://eol.org/pages/2878968/overview.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q12955939 entry
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