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| color = lightgreen
|familia=Acanthaceae
| name = Red Christmas pride
|genus=Ruellia
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|species=amoena
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|common_name=Red Christmas pride, Tropical wild petunia
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
|Min ht metric=cm
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
|Temp Metric=°F
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Ruellia]]''
|image=Upload.png
| species = '''''R. amoena'''''
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| binomial = ''Ruellia amoena''
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| binomial_authority = [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]
'''''Red Christmas pride''''' ('''Tropical wild petunia'''; [[Synonymy|syn.]] ''Cyrtacanthus corymbosus'',  ''Echinacanthus dichotomus'', ''Ruellia brevifolia'', ''Ruellia graecizans'', ''Ruellia longifolia'', ''Ruellia serratitheca'', ''Ruellia ventricosa'', ''Stephanophysum brevifolium'', ''Stephanophysum longifolium'', ''Stephanophysum macrandrum'', and ''Stephanophysum ventricosum'') is an [[ornamental plant]] native of [[Argentina]], [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]], and [[Mexico]].
 
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Ruellia amoena, Nees (Stephanophysum longifolium, Pohl). A half-hardy perennial, about 1 1/2 ft. high: lvs. oblong-lanceolate or oblong, narrowed at both ends; margins repand-denticulate or simply repand: fls. bright red, in axillary sprays in summer. Brazil.
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'''''Red Christmas pride''''' ('''Tropical wild petunia'''; [[Synonymy|syn.]] ''Cyrtacanthus corymbosus'',  ''Echinacanthus dichotomus'', ''Ruellia brevifolia'', ''Ruellia graecizans'', ''Ruellia longifolia'', ''Ruellia serratitheca'', ''Ruellia ventricosa'', ''Stephanophysum brevifolium'', ''Stephanophysum longifolium'', ''Stephanophysum macrandrum'', and ''Stephanophysum ventricosum'') is an [[ornamental plant]] native of [[Argentina]], [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]], and [[Mexico]].
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==See also==
==References==
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/36670.html/ ''Ruellia amoena'' photo]
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*[http://www.hear.org/pier/species/ruellia_brevifolia.htm Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): ''Ruellia brevifolia'']
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RUBR12 USDA Plants Profile: ''Ruellia brevifolia'']
* {{pt icon}} [http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0100-84042002000100006&script=sci_arttext ''Ruellia brevifolia'' (Pohl) Ezcurra (Acanthaceae): flowering phenology, pollination biology and reproduction Rev. bras. Bot. vol.25 no.1  São Paulo Mar. 2002]


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Red Christmas pride (Tropical wild petunia; syn. Cyrtacanthus corymbosus, Echinacanthus dichotomus, Ruellia brevifolia, Ruellia graecizans, Ruellia longifolia, Ruellia serratitheca, Ruellia ventricosa, Stephanophysum brevifolium, Stephanophysum longifolium, Stephanophysum macrandrum, and Stephanophysum ventricosum) is an ornamental plant native of Argentina, Cerrado vegetation of Brazil, and Mexico.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ruellia amoena, Nees (Stephanophysum longifolium, Pohl). A half-hardy perennial, about 1 1/2 ft. high: lvs. oblong-lanceolate or oblong, narrowed at both ends; margins repand-denticulate or simply repand: fls. bright red, in axillary sprays in summer. Brazil.


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Cultivation

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Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

References

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