Ruelliopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Ruelliopsis setosa.[2]

Ruelliopsis
Ruelliopsis setosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruelliopsis
C.B.Clarke (1899)
Species:
R. setosa
Binomial name
Ruelliopsis setosa
(Nees) C.B.Clarke (1899)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calophanes setosus Nees (1847)
  • Dyschoriste fleckii Schinz (1915)
  • Dyschoriste setosa (Nees) Kuntze (1891)
  • Ruelliopsis damarensis S.Moore (1907)

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

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  1. ^ "Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.