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8063.010 x Ruttyruspolia
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Meeuse, A.D.J. & De Wet, J.M.J. (1961) Ruttyruspolia, a natural intergeneric hybrid in Acanthaceae Bothalia 7,3 439-441
Smithies, S.J. (2012) x Ruttyruspolia ‘Phyllis van Heerden' A.Meeuse & de Wet South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Published on the Internet: http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/ruttyruspolia_phyllisvanheerden.htm accessed 5 January 2017
Description of the genus
The following details have been extracted from Leistner (2000), p.43: The essential difference between Ruttya and Ruspolia, is a 2-lipped corolla in Ruttya with a short broad tube widening gradually to the throat and in Ruspolia a subequally 5-lobed corolla with a narrowly cylindric tube. Both the wild and artificial hybrids have most of the morphological characters of the Ruspolia parent. Worldwide: Only occurring naturally in the Soutpansberg (Northern Province of South Africa) Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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