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Acanthaceae Ruellia chartacea (T.Anderson) Wassh. | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

Taxon

Ruellia chartacea (T.Anderson) Wassh.

Protologue Opera Bot. 92: 265. 1987IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Least Concern

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Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru; introduced into Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Neill, D 15804

September 17, 2007

Location

Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza (Nangaritza Canton)

-4.313333, -78.661389

Location Remarks

Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.

Collectors

David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Wilson Quizhpe

Notes

Shrub 1.5 m tall. In forest light-gap on sandstone substrate. Bracts bright red. Corolla red-orange.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Ruellia

Specific Epithet

chartacea

Authorship

(T.Anderson) Wassh.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#266,647 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →