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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. B.M. 7872. G.C. III. 17:45; 30:467; 43:27. R.H. 1881:410. Gn.W. 5:341; 10:21. Gt. 61, p. 534. G.W. 2, p. 297.—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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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==
| color = lightgreen
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| name = Christmas Pride
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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===Propagation===
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
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===Pests and diseases===
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Ruellia]]''
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| species = '''''R. macrantha'''''
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==Varieties==
| binomial = ''Ruellia macrantha''
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| binomial_authority = [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]] ex [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]
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==Gallery==
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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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==See also==
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==References==
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]  
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
    
==External links==
 
==External links==
* [http://www.callutheran.edu/gf/plants/family/gar-4532.htm  ''Ruellia macrantha''] '''Photo'''
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* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32503 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Ruellia macrantha'']
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* [http://sciweb.nybg.org/Science2/hcol/lists/acanthaceae.html List of taxa in the Virtual Herbarium Of The New York Botanical Garden: ''Ruellia macrantha'']
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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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