Ruellia jussieuoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Ruellia
Species:	R. jussieuoides
Binomial name
Ruellia jussieuoides Schltdl. & Cham. (1831)
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Arrhostoxylum achimeniflorum Oerst. (1855) Arrhostoxylum jussieuoides Nees (1847) Dipteracanthus puri Nees (1847) Dipteracanthus puri subvar. ampliflorus Nees (1847) Dipteracanthus puri subvar. angustiflorus (Nees) Nees (1847) Dipteracanthus puri var. angustifolius Nees (1847) Dipteracanthus puri var. gymnocladus Nees (1847) Ruellia achimeniflorum (Oerst.) Hemsl. (1882) Ruellia bangii Rusby (1896) Ruellia lechleri Britton ex Rusby (1900) Ruellia lechleri var. grandifolia Britton ex Rusby (1900) Ruellia puri (Nees) B.D.Jacks. (1893) Ruellia puri var. longipetiolata S.Moore (1895) Tacoanthus pearcei Baill. (1890)

Ruellia jussieuoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a subshrub of the tropical Americas, native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa, Rica, and Panama, and Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and West-Central and southeastern Brazil.^[1] It is native to the Cerrado ecoregion of Brazil.

• List of taxa in the Virtual Herbarium Of The New York Botanical Garden: Ruellia puri
• (in Portuguese) List of taxa in the Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia: Ruellia puri