Talk:Ruellia

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Am I in the right place? What happened to Ruellia brittoniana?? Seems to be a common species of 'Mexican Petunia'? --Ctcurry 03:14, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ruellia brittoniana = Ruellia angustifolia --Ricardo Carneiro Pires 13:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Taxonomical mess

The following taxa:

Ruellia acutangula Nees ex Mart.
Ruellia amoena Nees
Ruellia angustifolia Sessé et Moc.
Ruellia angustior (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia asperula Benth. et Hook.f.
Ruellia brevicaulis Baker
Ruellia capitata D.Don
Ruellia (Scorodoxylum) costata Hiern
Ruellia (Scorodoxylum) costata (Nees) Hiern var. latifolium Nees
Ruellia (Scorodoxylum) costata (Nees) Hiern var. salicifolium Nees
Ruellia densa Hiern
Ruellia diffusa Royle ex Nees
Ruellia dissitifolia Hiern.
Ruellia eriocalyx Glaz.
Ruellia eurycodon Lindau
Ruellia flava Roxb.
Ruellia formosa Andrews
Ruellia geminiflora Kunth
Ruellia glanduloso-punctata Lindau
Ruellia hapalotricha Lindau
Ruellia helianthemum (Nees) Lindau
Ruellia humilis Pohl ex Nees
Ruellia hypericoides Lindau
Ruellia incomta Lindau
Ruellia macrantha Mart. ex Nees
Ruellia menthoides Hiern
Ruellia neesiana Lindau
Ruellia (Dipteracanthus) nitens (Nees) Wassh.
Ruellia (Dipteracanthus) pohlii Nees
Ruellia puri Mart. ex Nees
Ruellia rasa Hiern
Ruellia rufipila Rizzini
Ruellia stenandrium Pohl ex Nees
Ruellia tomentosa Wall.
Ruellia trachyphylla Lindau
Ruellia trivialis Blanch. ex Nees
Ruellia tweediana Griseb.
Ruellia (Eurychanes) verbaciformis Nees
Ruellia villosa Lindau
Ruellia vindex Mart. ex Nees

all have their articles. The problem is, none of them are recognized but all are synonyms of some other taxa. It remains to figure out which ones are synonyms of which ones. The official list of recognized species is given in the article taxobox, according to GRIN database. Oeropium (talk) 23:11, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]