Ruelliopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruelliopsis
C.B.Clarke
Synonyms[1]
  • Calophanes setosus Nees
  • Dyschoriste fleckii Schinz
  • Dyschoriste setosa (Nees) Kuntze
  • Ruelliopsis damarensis S.Moore

Ruelliopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke [2]

It is native to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and the Cape Provinces, Free State and the Northern Provinces, regions of South Africa.[2]

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..[3] The Latin specific epithet of setosa means bristly derived from setose.[4] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. Vol.5 on page 59 in 1899.[2]

References

  1. "Ruelliopsis setosa (Nees) C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ruelliopsis C.B.Clarke | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
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