Ruellia nitens is a species of flowering plant native to the Cerrado vegetation of central and northeastern Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Ruellia nitens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruellia
Species:
R. nitens
Binomial name
Ruellia nitens
Synonyms[1]
  • Dipteracanthus nitens Nees (1847)
  • Ruellia goyazensis Lindau (1898)

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