8063.000 Ruttya Harv.

Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015) Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6)

Description of the genus

Erect or scrambling shrubs. Cystoliths conspicuous, linear. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers single, aggregated into long or short racemose cymes. Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Corolla 5-lobed, the lower 3 strongly deflexed against the corolla tube; upper 2 erect, forming a hood. Stamens 2 with 2 staminodes; anthers 1-thecous. Ovary with 2 ovules per loculus. Capsule 4-seeded, clavate with a solid stalk-like basal part; retinacula strong, hooked. Seeds discoid.

Derivation of name: After Dr John Rutty (1695-1775), Irish naturalist.

Worldwide: 3 species from tropical and South Africa to Yemen and Madagascar

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
fruticosa Lindau	Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Ruttya
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ruttya
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