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Ruellia tuberosa L. (Sp. Pl. 635. 1753.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, the Grenadines, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) ( ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Old World (native), Common Names: Batatilla (Dominican Republic), Bluebell (L. Antilles), Daniel's great gun (L. Antilles), Dinamita (Cuba), Duppy gun (Jamaica), Fleur(s) pétard(s) (Haiti), Fulminante (Cuba), Guaucí (Dominican Republic), Lia (Dominican Republic), Lia huevos (Dominican Republic), Menow weed (Jamaica), Minne root (L. Antilles), Patate-chandelier (L. Antilles), Patate-macaque (L. Antilles), Pensamiento haitiano (Dominican Republic), Periquito (Dominican Republic), Petit pétards (Haiti), Racine pétards (Haiti), Salta perico (Cuba), Sheep potato (L. Antilles), Siquitraque (Cuba), Snapdragon root (L. Antilles), Tiquitaque (Haiti), Tiqui-taque (Dominican Republic), Synonyms: Cryphiacanthus barbadensis Nees (Del. Sem. Hort. Vratisl. (1841): 1841.), Ruellia clandestina L. (Sp. Pl. 634. 1753.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 5). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 6). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 9). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 10). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 11). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 12). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 13). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 14). Proosdij, A.S.J. van, P. Ketner, P.J.M. Maas, J.A. Freitas and M.J. Jansen-Jacobs. 2001. Arnoldo's Zakflora. 3rd ed. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 15). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 16). Stahl, A. 1883-1888. Estudios sobre la flora de Puerto-Rico. Folleto I-VI. Tip. El Asimilista, San Juan (Folleto I); Tip. González and Cía, San Juan (Folleto II-VI). Puerto Rico. 17). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 18). The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/linnaean-typification/ 19). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. Last edited 19 Mar 09 |