Ruellia bahiensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub native to eastern and southern Brazil,[1] where it grows in the Cerrado ecoregion.

Ruellia bahiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruellia
Species:
R. bahiensis
Binomial name
Ruellia bahiensis
(Nees) Morong (1893)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dipteracanthus bahiensis Nees (1847)
  • Ruellia trivialis Blanch. ex Nees (1847)

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