Ruellia villosa

Ruellia villosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Ruellia
Species:	R. villosa
Binomial name
	Ruellia villosa; (Nees) Lindau (1895)
Synonyms
	Dicliptera villosa Mart. ex Nees (1847), pro syn.; Justicia villosa Mart. ex Nees (1847), pro syn.; Ruellia diffusa (Nees) Lindau (1895), nom. illeg.; Siphonacanthus diffusus Nees (1847); Siphonacanthus villosus Nees (1847);

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

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