Ruellia macrantha, or Christmas pride, is a species of flowering plant native to the cerrado vegetation of Brazil. It is often used as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
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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: | Ruellia |
| Species: | R. macrantha
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| Ruellia macrantha (Nees) Van Houtte (1878-1879 publ. 1878)
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References
edit- ^ Ruellia macrantha (Nees) Van Houtte. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
External links
edit- Photographs of Garden Flowers: Ruellia Macrantha, California Lutheran University, July 13, 2012
- "Ruellia macrantha". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- List of taxa in the Virtual Herbarium Of The New York Botanical Garden: Ruellia macrantha
- (in Portuguese) List of taxa in the Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia: Ruellia macrantha
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