Ruellia chartacea
Peruvian wild petunia


Ruellia chartacea
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Família/Family: Acanthaceae

Grupo/Group: Dicotiledónea/Dicotyledon.

Forma de vida/Life form: Hierba/Herb

Duración de vida/Lifespan: Perenne/Perennial.

Sustrato/Substrate: Terrestre/Terrestrial.

Distribución nativa/Native range: Nativa de Sudamérica (al menos Ecuador y Perú). / Native to South America (at least Ecuador and Peru).

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ESTATUS EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO RICO/STATUS ON THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO
Presencia/Occurence: Presente/Present.

Origen/Origin: No nativo, naturalizado/Not native, naturalized.

Historia y distribución/History and distribution: Cited by Liogier (1997 [V: 48]) and Liogier & Martorell (2000) as escaped from cultivation, but rejected as naturalized by Axelrod (2011). However, cited as naturalized in Puerto Rico in the Flora of the West Indies (Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong 2015).

TAXONOMÍA/TAXONOMY
Nombre científico con autores/Scientific name with authors: Ruellia chartacea (T.Anderson) Wassh.





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Ruellia chartacea
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr