ruttya
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Ruttya fruticosa.jpg
|image_caption = Ruttya fruticosa
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Ruttya
|authority = Harv. (1842)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 6; see text
|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:887-1 Ruttya Harv.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
|synonyms = Haplanthera {{small|Hochst. (1843)}}
}}
Ruttya is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. It includes six species native to eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar, and the southern Arabian Peninsula.
Species
- Ruttya bernieri {{small|Benoist}} – Madagascar
- Ruttya fragrans {{small|Benoist}} – Madagascar
- Ruttya fruticosa {{small|Lindau}} – northeastern tropical Africa and southern Arabian Peninsula
- Ruttya ovata {{small|Harv.}} – Mozambique, Eswatini, and South Africa
- Ruttya speciosa {{small|(Hochst.) Engl.}} – northern and northwestern Ethiopia
- Ruttya tricolor {{small|Benoist}} – Madagascar
References
{{Reflist}}
- [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html Missouri Botanical Gardens - VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database]
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Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm
Category:Taxa named by William Henry Harvey
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