Ruellia blechum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruellia
Species:
R. blechum
Binomial name
Ruellia blechum
Synonyms[1]
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    • Alvarezia parviflora Pav. ex Nees
    • Barleria pyramidalis Lam. ex Nees
    • Barleria pyramidata Lam.
    • Blechum blechum (L.) Millsp.
    • Blechum brownei Juss.
    • Blechum brownei Kunth
    • Blechum brownei f. albiflora Kuntze
    • Blechum brownei f. coeruleum Kuntze
    • Blechum brownei var. laxum Nees
    • Blechum brownei f. puberulum Leonard
    • Blechum brownei var. subcordatum Kuntze
    • Blechum haenkei Nees
    • Blechum linnaei Nees
    • Blechum linnaei var. laxum Nees
    • Blechum linnaei var. nanum Nees
    • Blechum linnaei var. parviflora Nees
    • Blechum linnaei var. parviflorum Nees
    • Blechum luzonium Nees
    • Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb.
    • Blechum trinitense Nees
    • Dianthera eustachiana Hook. ex Nees
    • Justicia carthagenensis Willd. ex Nees
    • Justicia carthaginensis Nees & Mart.
    • Justicia lupulina Lam.
    • Justicia martinicensis Sieber ex Nees
    • Ruellia bracteata Vahl ex Nees
    • Ruellia gairae Rohr ex Nees
    • Ruellia parviflora Sessé & Moc.
    • Ruellia rohrii Vahl ex Nees
    • Ruellia uliginosa Blanco

Ruellia blechum, the green shrimp plant or Browne's blechum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae.[2] It is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and northern and western South America, and has been introduced to Brazil, Taiwan, many Pacific islands, and the US states of Hawaii, Louisiana and Florida.[1] Its popularity as an ornamental has led to it becoming invasive in places as far flung as Papua New Guinea.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ruellia blechum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ruellia blechum". nparks.gov.sg. Flora Fauna Web. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2023. Common Name: Browne's Blechum, Green Shrimp Plant
  3. ↑ Waterhouse, Barbara M.; Mitchel, Andrew A. (2012). Weeds of tropical Australia: how do they get here? (PDF). Eighteenth Australasian Weeds Conference. Melbourne: Council of Australasian Weed Societies. pp. 9–12.


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