Abstract
The name Ruellia capitata (Acanthaceae) given by Rizzini to the Brazilian species of the genus Ruellia, is an illegitimate name, as it is a later homonym of R. capitata described by D. Don based on specimens from Nepal in Asia. Therefore a new name, Ruellia scarlatina is proposed here for R. capitata. The detail description along with illustration, distribution map, conservation status, and morphological relationships, are provided. A key for the species of Ruellia with red flowers occurring in Goiás State, as well as coloured photographs of some of them, are also provided.
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Ezcurra, C. (1993) Systematics of Ruellia (Acanthaceae) in southern South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 787–845. https://doi.org/10.2307/2399931
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Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum 2. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, pp. 561–1200.
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Pessôa, C.S. (2012) Ruellia L. (Acanthaceae) no estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Master’sdissertation. Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 78 pp.
Pohl, J.B.E. (1831) Plantarum Brasiliae icones et descriptiones hactenus ineditae 2. Antonii Strauss, Vienna, 152 pp.
Poiret, J.L.M. (1816) Encyclopeìdie meìthodique. Botanique, Suppl. 4. Agasse, Paris, 731 pp.
QGIS Development Team (2016) QGIS 2.14.19 Brighton software. Geographic Information System. OpenSource Geospatial Foundation Project. Available at: http://doc.qgis.org (accessed 11 January 2022).
Reis, A.S., Kameyama, C. & Gil, A.S.B. (2017) Ruellia anamariae, a new species of Acanthaceae from northern Brazil. Phytotaxa 327: 276–282. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.327.3.7
Rizzini, C.T. (1956) Notulae de Acanthaceis novis seu minus cognitis. Dusenia 7: 299–305.
Schmidt-Lebuhn, A.N. & Tripp, E.A. (2009) Ruellia saccata, a new species of Acanthaceae from Bolivia. Novon 19: 515–519. https://doi.org/10.3417/2008021
Silva, M.G. (2011) Estudo Taxonômico da subtribo Ruelliinae Nees (Acanthaceae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Master’s dissertation. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Paraná, 76 pp.
Thiers B (2022 [continuously updated]) Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available from: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/ih/ (accessed 5 January 2021)
Turland, N.J., Wiersema, J.H., Barrie, F.R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S., Kusber, W.H., Li, D.Z., Marhold, K., May, T.W., McNeill, J., Monro, A.M., Prado, J., Price, M.J. & Smith, G.F. (Eds.) (2018) International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017. Regnum Vegetabile 159. Glashütten: Koeltz Botanical Books, 254 pp. https://doi.org/10.12705/Code.2018
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Tripp, E.A. & Manos, P.S. (2008) Is floral specialization an evolutionary dead-end? Pollination system evolution in Ruellia (Acanthaceae). Evolution 62: 1712–1737. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00398.x
Vilar, T.S. (2009) Acanthaceae Juss. no Distrito Federal, Brasil. Master’s dissertation. Universidade de Brasília, Distrito Federal, 120 pp.
Wallich, N. (1830) A numerical list of dried specimens (Wallich’s Catalogue). East India Company Museum, London, 306 pp.
Wasshausen, D.C. & Wood, J.R.I. (2003) Notes on the genus Ruellia (Acanthaceae) in Bolivia, Peru and Brazil. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116: 264–274
Wasshausen, D.C. & Smith, L.B. (1969) Acantáceas. In: Reitz, R. (ed.) Flora Ilustrada Catarinense. ACAN, Herbário Barbosa Rodrigues, Itajaí. pp. 1–134.