Ruellia vindex (syn. Dipteracanthus vindex, Nees, Ruellia geminiflora var. angustifolia) is a plant native to Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Ruellia vindex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Ruellia
Species:	R. vindex
Binomial name
Ruellia vindex Mart. ex Nees

References

• Hollowell, Tom, Lynn J. Gillespie, V.A. Funk, and Carol L. Kelloff. (2003) Smithsonian Plant Collections, Guyana: 1989 - 1991, Lynn J. Gillespie. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, volume 44: 104 pages (including 8 plates).
• (in Spanish) Wilmer A. Díaz P. y Francisco Delascio Ch. Catalog of vascular plants of Ciudad Bolívar and the surrounding area, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela

External links

• Web Listing of Plants of the Guiana Shield: Acanthaceae - Cacataceae
• (in Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Dipteracanthus vindex

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