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| + | |genus=Ruellia |
| + | |species=macrantha |
| + | |common_name=Christmas Pride |
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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. | + | 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
| + | ===Propagation=== |
− | | divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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− | | classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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− | | ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| + | ===Pests and diseases=== |
− | | familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
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− | | genus = ''[[Ruellia]]''
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− | | species = '''''R. macrantha'''''
| + | ==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== | + | ==References== |
− | * [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]] | + | <references/> |
| + | *[[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 --> |
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| ==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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− | [[Category:Ruellia]]
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− | [[Category:Flora of Brazil]]
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