Biology:Ruellia blechum

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Short description: Species of plant

Ruellia blechum
Green Shrimp Plant (997953606).jpg
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Ruellia blechum, the Green Shrimp Plant (9134611359).jpg
Habit
Scientific classification edit
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]

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. 1.0 1.1 "Ruellia blechum L." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/224052-2. 
  2. "Ruellia blechum". Flora Fauna Web. 15 October 2021. https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/4/9/4992. "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?". Eighteenth Australasian Weeds Conference. Melbourne: Council of Australasian Weed Societies. pp. 9–12. https://caws.org.nz/old-site/awc/2012/awc201210091.pdf. 

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