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Ruellia brevifolia in life
In life — Tropical Wild Petunia, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Ruben D. Layme, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ruben D. Layme
BISH 127807Botany

Ruellia brevifolia

Tropical Wild Petunia

As recorded: Ruellia graecizans Backer

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Acanthaceae

Collected by
Gillespie, J.W.
Collector number
4535
Date
January 31, 1928
Locality
Woods on mountains, vicinity of Sevrika
Island
Ovalau
Region
Fiji
Elevation
150 m
Identified by
Smith, A.C.
Record type
Preserved specimen
38 Bishop specimens of Ruellia brevifolia · collected 1924–2022Species page ›

Collected the same day

On January 31, 1928, Gillespie, J.W. also collected 11 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Ruellia brevifolia. BISH 127807. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956478388. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/127807.

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