| Ruelliopsis | |
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| Ruelliopsis setosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke (1899) |
| Species: | R. setosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke (1899) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ruelliopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It only contains one known species, Ruelliopsis setosa.
It is native to Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia, and to the Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces of South Africa.
The genus name of Ruelliopsis is in honour of Jean Ruel (1474–1537), a French herbalist and physician to Francis I of France and translator of several works of Dioscorides. The Latin specific epithet of setosa means bristly derived from setose.
References
- "Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ruelliopsis | |
| Ruelliopsis setosa | |