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PHYTOTAXA
Volume 547, Issue 1, Pages 55-65Publisher
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.547.1.5
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Asian and Brazilian Flora; Goldfussia; Strobilanthes; Nomenclature; Taxonomy
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [307747/2019-0]
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This article describes two species of the Ruellia genus in Brazil and proposes a new name for R. capitata. The article provides detailed descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, and conservation status, as well as a key for identifying species with red flowers and colored photographs.
The name Ruellia capitata (Acanthaceae) given by Rizzini to the Brazilian species of the genus Ruellia, is an illegitimate name, as it is a later homonym of R. capitata described by D. Don based on specimens from Nepal in Asia. Therefore a new name, Ruellia scarlatina is proposed here for R. capitata. The detail description along with illustration, distribution map, conservation status, and morphological relationships, are provided. A key for the species of Ruellia with red flowers occurring in Goi??s State, as well as coloured photographs of some of them, are also provided.
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