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Genus of plants
Ruehssia is a genus of plants in the family
Apocynaceae .
[1] It is also in the
Asclepiadoideae subfamily and Marsdenieae tribe.
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Its native range is tropical and subtropical South America. It is found in Argentina (north-eastern and north-western), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (north, north-eastern, south, south-eastern and west-central), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Mexico (north-eastern, south-eastern and south-western), Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands.
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The genus name of Ruehssia is in honour of Carl Andreas Rühsz (1805–1880), the German consul in
Puerto Cabello , Venezuela. He was a supporter of art and science.
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It was first described and published in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten Vol.19 on page 304 in 1849.
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Species
As of November 2023
[update] ,
Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
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Ruehssia altissima (Jacq.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia amorimii (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia amylacea (Barb.Rodr.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia asclepioidea (Rusby) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia asplundii (Morillo & Spellman) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia astephanoides (A.Gray) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia avacanoeira (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia beatricis (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia bergii (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia bourgaeana (Baill.) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia brasiliensis (Decne.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia breviramosa (Rapini & Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia caatingae (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia calcaria (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia calichicola (Carnevali & Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia callosa (Juárez-Jaimes & W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia carterae (W.D.Stevens & Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia carvalhoi (Morillo & Carnevali) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia castillonii (Lillo ex T.Mey.) H.A.Keller & Liede
Ruehssia clausa (R.Br.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
Ruehssia colombiana (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia condensiflora (S.F.Blake) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia coulteri (Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia cubensis (Turcz.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
Ruehssia cuixmalensis (Juárez-Jaimes & L.O.Alvarado) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia cundurango (Triana) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia dictyophylla (Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia dorothyae (Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia dussii (Schltr.) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia ecuadorensis (Morillo & Spellman) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia edulis (S.Watson) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia ekmanii (Alain) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia elliptica (Decne.) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia fontellana (Morillo & Carnevali) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia fruticosa (Donn.Sm.) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia fusca (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
Ruehssia gallardoae (Lozada-Pérez) Lozada-Pérez
Ruehssia gillespieae (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia gualanensis (Donn.Sm.) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia guanchezii (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia guaranitica (Malme) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia gymnemoides (W.Rothe) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia haitiensis (Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia hassleriana (Malme) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia hatschbachii (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia heringeri (Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia hilariana (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia hiriartiana (Juárez-Jaimes & W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia lanata (Paul G.Wilson) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia lauretiana (Woodson) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia laxiflora (Donn.Sm.) Gonz.-Martínez & Lozada-Pérez
Ruehssia lindenii S.Reuss, Manitz & Liede
Ruehssia linearis (Decne.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
Ruehssia longiflora (A.Rich.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
Ruehssia loniceroides (Hook.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia ludani (Juárez-Jaimes & Saynes) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia macfadyenii (Rendle) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia macroglossa (Schltr.) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia macrophylla (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.) H.Karst.
Ruehssia magallanesiana (Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia malmeana (W.Rothe) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia mayana (Lundell) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia megalantha (Goyder & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia mexicana (Decne.) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia micrantha (Alain) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
Ruehssia microcarpa (Juárez-Jaimes & Lozada-Pérez) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia minutiflora (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia mollis (Brandegee) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia montana (Malme) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia naiguatensis (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia nana (Rapini & Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia neomanarae (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia neriifolia (Decne.) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia nitida (Poir.) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia nubicola (Alain) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia oaxacana (Morillo) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia oligantha (K.Schum.) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia otoniensis (Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia paganuccii (F.Esp.Santo & A.P.B.Santos) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia paraguaiensis (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia paraibana (F.Esp.Santo & A.P.B.Santos) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia parvifolia (Brandegee) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia phallica (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia pickelii (Fontella & Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia pinetorum (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Gonz.-Martínez & Lozada-Pérez
Ruehssia popoluca (Juárez-Jaimes & A.Campos) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia pringlei (S.Watson) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia propinqua (Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia quirinopolensis I.L.Morais & F.Esp.Santo
Ruehssia riparia (Morillo & Spellman) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia robinsonii (J.R.Johnst.) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia rotheana (Woodson) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia rubrofusca (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia rupestris (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia rzedowskiana (Juárez-Jaimes & W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia salaschiblii (L.O.Alvarado & K.Maya M.) K.Maya M.
Ruehssia saturejifolia (A.Rich.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
Ruehssia schlechteriana (W.Rothe) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia serpentina (F.Esp.Santo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia sessilifolia (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia smithii (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia spiralis (W.Rothe) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia sprucei (W.Rothe) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia stephanotidifolia (Woodson) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia stevensiana (Juárez-Jaimes) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia steyermarkii (Woodson) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia suberosa (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia suffruticosa (Alain) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia sumiderensis Lozada-Pérez, Ram.-Mar. & Gonz.-Martínez
Ruehssia tholiformis (Juárez-Jaimes & L.O.Alvarado) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia thomasii (Morillo) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia tolimensis (Morillo) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia tressensiae (S.A.Cáceres & Morillo) H.A.Keller & Liede
Ruehssia trisegmentata (F.Esp.Santo & A.P.B.Santos) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia trivirgulata (Bartlett) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia troyana (Urb.) Acev.-Rodr.
Ruehssia tubularis (L.O.Williams) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia ulei (Schltr. & W.Rothe) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia umbellata (Griseb.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
Ruehssia undulata (Jacq.) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia veronicae (W.D.Stevens) L.O.Alvarado
Ruehssia vinciflora (Griseb.) Liede, S.Reuss & Meve
Ruehssia virgultorum (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia weberbaueri (Schltr. & W.Rothe) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia weddellii (E.Fourn.) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia woodburyana (Acev.-Rodr.) Goyder
Ruehssia xerohylica (Dugand) Liede & H.A.Keller
Ruehssia yamanigueyensis Mangelsdorff
Ruehssia zehntneri (Fontella) F.Esp.Santo & Rapini
Ruehssia zimapanica (Hemsl.) L.O.Alvarado
References
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"Ruehssia H.Karst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" . Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 13 November 2023 .
^ LIEDE-SCHUMANN, SIGRID; KELLER, HÉCTOR A. (17 November 2020). "New combinations in Ruehssia for the South American species of Marsdenia (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)". Phytotaxa . 471 (3): 283–289.
doi :
10.11646/phytotaxa.471.3.10 .
S2CID
228862969 .
^ Espírito Santo, Fabio da Silva do; Rapini, Alessandro; Ribeiro, Patrícia Luz; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Goyder, David J.; Fontella-Pereira, Jorge (2019). "Phylogeny of the tribe Marsdenieae (Apocynaceae), reinstatement of Ruehssia and the taxonomic treatment of the genus in Brazil". Kew Bulletin . 74 (30).
Bibcode :
2019KewBu..74...30E .
doi :
10.1007/s12225-019-9807-4 .
S2CID
255559218 .
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018).
Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition ] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin.
doi :
10.3372/epolist2018 .
ISBN
978-3-946292-26-5 .
S2CID
187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021 .