⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2771988, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Ruellia geminiflora .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Fl. Bras. 9: 40 1847.