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Ruellia multifolia

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 10, 2024
Entity authorityQ15357528 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ruellia multifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a perennial or subshrub native to west-central, southern, and southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Paraguay.

Two varieties are accepted:

Ruellia multifolia var. multifolia (synonyms Dipteracanthus multifolius var. multiflorus Nees and Ruellia subdentata Klotzsch ex Nees) – west-central, southern, and southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Paraguay

Ruellia multifolia var.

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The public source identifies “Ruellia multifolia” as species of plant. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ruellia, multifolia and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 62-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ruellia, multifolia and species providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ruellia multifolia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.