''Ruellia capitata'' (
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''Strobilanthes capitatus''
T.Anders., ''Strobilanthes pentstemonoides''
T.Anders.) is a
plant
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native to
Cerrado
The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are t ...
vegetation
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of
Argentina
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,
Brazil
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, and
Paraguay
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.
See also
*
List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
This is a list of plants found in the wild in cerrado vegetation of Brazil.
Acanthaceae
* '' Anisacanthus'' ''trilobus'' Lindau
* '' Dicliptera'' '' mucronifolia'' Nees
* '' Dicliptera sericea'' Nees
* '' Geissomeria'' '' ciliata'' Rizzini
* ' ...
External links
Plant diversity in Paraguay: ''Ruellia brevicaulis''''Ruellia brevicaulis''
in Phenology of the herbaceous layer
Stratification in the field of ecology refers to the vertical layering of a habitat; the arrangement of vegetation in layers. It classifies the layers (sing. ''stratum'', pl. ''strata'') of vegetation largely according to the different heights to w ...
in a campo sujo community in the Fazenda Água Limpa, Federal District, Brazil
brevicaulis
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