en Ruellia nitens

Ruellia nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Ruellia
Species:	R. nitens
Binomial name
	Ruellia nitens; (Nees) Wassh.
Synonyms
	Dipteracanthus nitens Nees (1847); Ruellia goyazensis Lindau (1898);

Ruellia nitens is a species of flowering plant native to the Cerrado vegetation of central and northeastern Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

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