Ruellia

Summary

Ruellia is a taxon^[1]. Ruellia ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (823 views/month, #1,483 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ruellia's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Ruellia is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Jean Ruel is named after Ruellia^[5].
• Ruellia is classified within Acanthaceae^[6].
• Ruellia's scientific name is Ruellia^[7].
• Ruellia's Commons category is recorded as Ruellia^[8].
• Ruellia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ruellia^[9].
• Ruellia's Commons gallery is recorded as Ruellia^[10].
• Ruellia's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[11].
• Ruellia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10578^[12].
• Ruellia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'wild petunia'}^[13].
• Ruellia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '芦莉草属'}^[14].
• Ruellia's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL is recorded as https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Ruellia^[15].

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Classification

Ruellia's scientific name is Ruellia^[7]. Ruellia is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Ruellia belongs to the parent taxon Acanthaceae^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'wild petunia'}^[13] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '芦莉草属'}^[14].

Discovery and Description

Jean Ruel is named after Ruellia^[5].

Identifiers

Ruellia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 83892^[16]. Ruellia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13659^[17]. Ruellia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3171840^[18]. Ruellia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 34371^[19].

Why It Matters

Ruellia ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (823 views/month, #1,483 of 195,241).^[2] Ruellia has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Ruellia is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]