Biology:Ruelliopsis

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Ruelliopsis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruelliopsis
C.B.Clarke
Synonyms[1]
  • (Nees) Kuntze Nees
  • S.Moore Dyschoriste fleckii
  • Calophanes setosus Schinz
  • Dyschoriste setosa Ruelliopsis damarensis

Ruelliopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke [2]

It is native to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and the Cape Provinces, Free State and the Northern Provinces, regions of South Africa.[2]

The genus name of Ruelliopsis is in honour of Jean Ruel (1474–1537), a French herbalist and physician to Francis I of France and translator of several works of Dioscorides..[3] The Latin specific epithet of setosa means bristly derived from setose.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. Vol.5 on page 59 in 1899.[2]

References

  1. "Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/54744-1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:883-1. 
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021. 
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X. 

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