Herbaria

Family

Acanthaceae

subfamily

Acanthoideae

Genus

Ruellia L.

Species

Ruellia patula Jacq.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Jacq.

citation

Misc. Austriac. 2:358(1781)

herbariaSynonyms

Dipteracanthus patulus (Jacq.)Nees

Petalidium patulum (Jacq.)Dalzell & A.Gibson.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Ge, Ra)

CAIM (Ge)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

CAI (39)

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

Habitat

Stony ground and rocky hillsides

FlFrperiod

September-March

LifeForm

LifeSpan

September-March

herbariaArabicName

فول Fool

EnglishName

herbariaUses

GlobalDistribution

Sudan, Tropical East Africa, South Africa, SW Arabia, India and Pakistan

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

NT (Near threatened)

herbariaBibliography

Täckholm, V. (1974) -

El Hadidi, M.N. & Fayed, A.A. (1994/95) -

Boulos, L. (2002) -

Shamso, E. (2010)

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V. (1974) Students' Flora of Egypt (ed. 2), Cairo University.

El Hadidi, M.N. & Fayed, A.A. (1994/95). Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt. Taeckholmia 15.

Boulos, L. (2002). Flora of Egypt, Vol.3 . Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.

Shamso, E. (2010). A synoptic revision of Acanthaceae in Egypt, with new record from Gebel Elba. Taeckholmia 30:127-144

El Hadidi, M.N. and Hosni, H.A. Conservation and threats in M.N. El Hadidi (2000)Flora aegyptiaca vo;.1(1):105-151.Palm Press and Cairo University Herbarium