| 释义 |
‖ Ruˈellia Bot.
[mod.Latin: named after the French botanist Jean Ruel (1479–1539).]
A genus of acanthaceous plants, chiefly tropical, natives of Asia and America.
1753in Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. 1846Lindley Veget. Kingd. 679 Plants of great beauty, especially the species of Justicia, Aphelandra, and Ruellia. 1848Chambers' Inform. I. 106/2 A valuable deep blue dye is said to be obtained from one of the East Indian Ruellias. |