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| color = lightgreen
|familia=Acanthaceae
| name = Christmas Pride
|genus=Ruellia
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|species=macrantha
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|common_name=Christmas Pride
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
|Min ht metric=cm
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
|Temp Metric=°F
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Ruellia]]''
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| species = '''''R. macrantha'''''
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| binomial = ''Ruellia macrantha''
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| binomial_authority = [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]] ex [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]
'''''Ruellia macrantha''''' ('''Christmas Pride''') is a [[plant]] native of [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]], which is usually used like an [[ornamental plant]]. This plant is cited in [[Flora Brasiliensis]] by [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius]].
 
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Ruellia macrantha, Mart. It forms a compact, many-stemmed shrub, 1-6 ft. high, with ovate-lanceolate lvs. 4-6 in. long: fls. large, bell-shaped, with tubular base, purplish rose with purple veins, solitary in lf.- axils. Brazil.—G. W. Oliver says in his "Plant Culture" that R. macrantha is of easy cult. and is one of the best greenhouse flowering plants for amateurs. Cuttings rooted in Sept. furnish fair-sized flowering plants in Jan. These, if desired, may be planted out in late spring, when they will have formed large specimens, which may be lifted and potted.
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'''''Ruellia macrantha''''' ('''Christmas Pride''') is a [[plant]] native of [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]], which is usually used like an [[ornamental plant]]. This plant is cited in [[Flora Brasiliensis]] by [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius]].  
==Cultivation==
 
 
===Propagation===
 
 
===Pests and diseases===
 
 
==Varieties==
 
 
==Gallery==
 
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==See also==
==References==
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]  
<references/>
*[[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://www.callutheran.edu/gf/plants/family/gar-4532.htm  ''Ruellia macrantha''] '''Photo'''
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* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32503 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Ruellia macrantha'']
* [http://sciweb.nybg.org/Science2/hcol/lists/acanthaceae.html List of taxa in the Virtual Herbarium Of The New York Botanical Garden: ''Ruellia macrantha'']
* {{pt icon}} [http://plantwall.cenargen.embrapa.br/elcen2web/elc2html/elc2bd01a.asp?id=1 List of taxa in the Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia: ''Ruellia macrantha'']


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[[Category:Flora of Brazil]]
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Ruellia macrantha (Christmas Pride) is a plant native of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil, which is usually used like an ornamental plant. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ruellia macrantha, Mart. It forms a compact, many-stemmed shrub, 1-6 ft. high, with ovate-lanceolate lvs. 4-6 in. long: fls. large, bell-shaped, with tubular base, purplish rose with purple veins, solitary in lf.- axils. Brazil.—G. W. Oliver says in his "Plant Culture" that R. macrantha is of easy cult. and is one of the best greenhouse flowering plants for amateurs. Cuttings rooted in Sept. furnish fair-sized flowering plants in Jan. These, if desired, may be planted out in late spring, when they will have formed large specimens, which may be lifted and potted.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

  • photo 1
    photo 1
  • photo 2
    photo 2
  • photo 3
    photo 3

References

External links


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