| Christmas pride | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Ruellia |
| Species: | R. macrantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Ruellia macrantha | |
Ruellia macrantha, or Christmas pride, is a plant native to the cerrado vegetation of Brazil, which is usually used as an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
External links
- Photographs of Garden Flowers: Ruellia Macrantha, California Lutheran University, July 13, 2012
- "Ruellia macrantha". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- List of taxa in the Virtual Herbarium Of The New York Botanical Garden: Ruellia macrantha
- (in Portuguese) List of taxa in the Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia: Ruellia macrantha
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