Ruellia blechum

Ruellia blechum, the green shrimp plant or Browne's blechum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae.^[2] It is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and northern and western South America, and has been introduced to Brazil, Taiwan, many Pacific islands, and the US states of Hawaii, Louisiana and Florida.^[1] Its popularity as an ornamental has led to it becoming invasive in places as far flung as Papua New Guinea.^[3]

Ruellia blechum
Close-up
Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Ruellia
Species:	R. blechum
Binomial name
Ruellia blechum L.
Synonyms[1]
List Alvarezia parviflora Pav. ex Nees Barleria pyramidalis Lam. ex Nees Barleria pyramidata Lam. Blechum blechum (L.) Millsp. Blechum brownei Juss. Blechum brownei Kunth Blechum brownei f. albiflora Kuntze Blechum brownei f. coeruleum Kuntze Blechum brownei var. laxum Nees Blechum brownei f. puberulum Leonard Blechum brownei var. subcordatum Kuntze Blechum haenkei Nees Blechum linnaei Nees Blechum linnaei var. laxum Nees Blechum linnaei var. nanum Nees Blechum linnaei var. parviflora Nees Blechum linnaei var. parviflorum Nees Blechum luzonium Nees Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb. Blechum trinitense Nees Dianthera eustachiana Hook. ex Nees Justicia carthagenensis Willd. ex Nees Justicia carthaginensis Nees & Mart. Justicia lupulina Lam. Justicia martinicensis Sieber ex Nees Ruellia bracteata Vahl ex Nees Ruellia gairae Rohr ex Nees Ruellia parviflora Sessé & Moc. Ruellia rohrii Vahl ex Nees Ruellia uliginosa Blanco

References

1. "Ruellia blechum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "Ruellia blechum". nparks.gov.sg. Flora Fauna Web. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2023. Common Name: Browne's Blechum, Green Shrimp Plant
3. Waterhouse, Barbara M.; Mitchel, Andrew A. (2012). Weeds of tropical Australia: how do they get here? (PDF). Eighteenth Australasian Weeds Conference. Melbourne: Council of Australasian Weed Societies. pp. 9–12.