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| color = lightgreen
|familia=Acanthaceae
| name = Christmas Pride
|genus=Ruellia
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|species=macrantha
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|common_name=Christmas Pride
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
|Min ht metric=cm
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
|Temp Metric=°F
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Ruellia]]''
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| species = '''''R. macrantha'''''
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'''''Ruellia macrantha''''' ('''Christmas Pride''') is a [[plant]] native of [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]], which is usually used like an [[ornamental plant]]. This plant is cited in [[Flora Brasiliensis]] by [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius]].
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Ruellia macrantha, Mart. It forms a compact, many-stemmed shrub, 1-6 ft. high, with ovate-lanceolate lvs. 4-6 in. long: fls. large, bell-shaped, with tubular base, purplish rose with purple veins, solitary in lf.- axils. Brazil.—G. W. Oliver says in his "Plant Culture" that R. macrantha is of easy cult. and is one of the best greenhouse flowering plants for amateurs. Cuttings rooted in Sept. furnish fair-sized flowering plants in Jan. These, if desired, may be planted out in late spring, when they will have formed large specimens, which may be lifted and potted.
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==Cultivation==
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==See also==
==References==
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
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* {{pt icon}} [http://plantwall.cenargen.embrapa.br/elcen2web/elc2html/elc2bd01a.asp?id=1 List of taxa in the Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia: ''Ruellia macrantha'']
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