L. (might belong in R. trivialis) Ruellia tomentosa Ruellia trachyphylla Ruellia trivialis Ruellia tuberosa L. – minnie root, fever root, snapdragon root, sheep potato, popping pod, duppy gun, cracker plant (syn. R. picta) Ruellia verbasciformis Ruellia villosa Ruellia vindex Ruellia zeylanica Formerly placed here Numerous plants, mainly in the family Acanthaceae, are former members of Ruellia. Some examples are: Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha (Nees) Ensermu (as R. intrusa Forssk.) Asystasia gangetica subsp. gangetica (as R. zeylanica J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Blepharis ciliaris (L.) B.L.Burtt (as R. ciliaris L. or R. persica Burm.f.) Dyschoriste oblongifolia (Michx.) Kuntze (as R. oblongifolia Michx.) Hemigraphis repanda (L.) Hallier f. (as R. repanda L.) Hygrophila costata Nees et al. (as R. brasiliensis Spreng.) Hygrophila difformis (L.f.) Blume (as R. difformis L. f.) Hygrophila lacustris (Schltdl. & Cham.) Nees (as R. lacustris Schltdl. & Cham.) Hygrophila ringens (L.) R. Br. ex Steud. (as R. ringens L. or R. salicifolia Vahl) Lepidagathis alopecuroidea (Vahl) R. Br. ex Griseb. (as R. alopecuroidea Vahl) Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston (as R. antipoda L.) Stenandrium dulce (Cav.) Nees (as R. dulcis Cav.) Strobilanthes anisophylla (Lodd. et al.) T. Anderson (as R. anisophylla Lodd. et al.) Strobilanthes hamiltoniana (Steud.) Bosser & Heine (as R. hamiltoniana Steud.) Teliostachya alopecuroidea Nees (as R. alopecuroidea, R. alopecuroides) See also 21540 Itthipanyanan, an asteroid named after a student who authored an award-winning experiment on the dehiscence and dispersion of Ruellia tuberosa seed pods. References External links Germplasm Resources Information Network: Copioglossa PlantSystematics: Ruellia Classification: Ruellia, species list at USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Tree of Life: Ruellia. Acanthaceae genera