Ruelliopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Ruelliopsis setosa.[2]
| Ruelliopsis | |
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| Ruelliopsis setosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke (1899) |
| Species: | R. setosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke (1899)
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It is native to Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia, and to the Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces 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]
References
edit- ^ "Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.