Ruellia nitens

Ruellia nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruellia
Species: R. nitens
Binomial name
Ruellia nitens
(Nees) Wassh.

Ruellia nitens (syn. Dipteracanthus nitens Nees) is a plant native of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

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