Ruizia boutoniana
| Ruizia boutoniana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Ruizia |
| Species: | R. boutoniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ruizia boutoniana (F. Friedmann) Dorr (2020) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trochetia boutoniana F.Friedmann (1981) | |
Ruizia boutoniana, known by its native Creole name boucle d'oreille, is a shrub in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius.
The species was first described as Trochetia boutoniana by Francis Friedmann in 1981. It was renamed in 2020 when genus Trochetia was subsumed into Ruizia.