Characteristics
Dicots
Ruellia blechum L.
BROWNE'S BLECHUM; GREEN SHRIMP PLANT
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Though previously placed in the genus Blechum, studies indicate Blechum and a few other genera should be subsumed into Ruellia (Tripp et al. 2009; Tripp et al. 2013).
Not Native
FACW (NWPL)
FISC(II)
Classification
Citation
RUELLIA BLECHUM Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 1120. 1759.
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JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 1: t. 109(1). 1707). Lectotypified by Wasshausen, in Jansen-Jacobs, Fl. Guianas, ser. A. 23: 20. 2006.
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