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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Russelia equisetiformis1.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Russelia equisetiformis]]''
|taxon = Russelia
|authority = [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]]<ref name=POWO>{{cite POWO | title = ''Russelia'' | id = 30040966-2 | access-date = 27 August 2023}}</ref>
|subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
|subdivision = See text
|synonyms =
*''Flamaria'' {{Au|Raf.}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO/>
}}
'''''Russelia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[Plantago|plantain]] family, [[Plantaginaceae]]. It is sometimes placed in the families [[Scrophulariaceae]] or [[Veronicaceae]]. The name honours Scottish naturalist [[Alexander Russell (naturalist)|Alexander Russell]] (1715–1768).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC |first=Umberto |last=Quattrocchi |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology |volume=IV R-Z |year=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis US |isbn=978-0-8493-2678-3 |page=2354}}</ref> Members of the genus are commonly known as '''firecracker plants''' or '''coralblows'''.  ''Russelia'' species grow in many parts of the world and are mildly [[drought]] resistant.
''[[Russelia equisetiformis]]'' and ''[[Russelia sarmentosa]]'' are commonly used to hide unattractive [[retaining wall]]s or [[fence]]s because they grow quickly and have dense [[foliage]]. Growing to a maximum height of {{convert|1.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}, they are [[shrub]]s which will tolerate full sun to partial shade. As [[evergreen]]s they bloom for most of the year.
Due to their attractively coloured flowers, these bushes attract birds and insects (such as [[bee]]s) that feed on flower [[nectar]].
==Species==
{{As of|August 2023}}, [[Plants of the World Online]] recognises the following species:<ref name=POWO/>
{|
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* ''[[Russelia acuminata]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia campechiana]]'' {{Au|Standl.}}
* ''[[Russelia chiapensis]]'' {{Au|Lundell}}
* ''[[Russelia coccinea]]'' {{Au|(L.) Wettst.}}
* ''[[Russelia contrerasii]]'' {{Au|B.L.Turner}}
* ''[[Russelia conzattii]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia cora]]'' {{Au|Méndez-Lar. & O.Téllez}}
* ''[[Russelia cuneata]]'' {{Au|B.L.Rob.}}
* ''[[Russelia equisetiformis]]'' {{Au|[[Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal|Schltdl.]] & [[Adelbert von Chamisso|Cham.]]}} &ndash; Fountainbush, coral plant
* ''[[Russelia floribunda]]'' {{Au|Kunth}}
* ''[[Russelia furfuracea]]'' {{Au|Brandegee}}
* ''[[Russelia grandidentata]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia hintonii]]'' {{Au|Lundell}}
* ''[[Russelia iltisneeana]]'' {{Au|B.L.Turner}}
* ''[[Russelia jaliscensis]]'' {{Au|B.L.Rob.}}
* ''[[Russelia laciniata]]'' {{Au|Standl. & Steyerm.}}
* ''[[Russelia lanceifolia]]'' {{Au|Lundell}}
* ''[[Russelia leptopoda]]'' {{Au|Lundell}}
* ''[[Russelia longifolia]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia longipedunculata]]'' {{Au|Pérez-Calix}}
* ''[[Russelia longisepala]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia maculosa]]'' {{Au|Lundell}}
* ''[[Russelia manantlana]]'' {{Au|B.L.Turner}}
* ''[[Russelia multiflora]]'' {{Au|Sims}}
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* ''[[Russelia obtusata]]'' {{Au|S.F.Blake}}
* ''[[Russelia parvifolia]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia polyedra]]'' {{Au|Zucc.}}
* ''[[Russelia pringlei]]'' {{Au|B.L.Rob.}}
* ''[[Russelia pubescens]]'' {{Au|Lundell}}
* ''[[Russelia purpusii]]'' {{Au|Brandegee}}
* ''[[Russelia retrorsa]]'' {{Au|Greene}}
* ''[[Russelia rotundifolia]]'' {{Au|Cav.}}
* ''[[Russelia rugosa]]'' {{Au|B.L.Rob.}}
* ''[[Russelia sarmentosa]]'' {{Au|Jacq.}}
* ''[[Russelia sonorensis]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia staleyae]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia standleyi]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia steyermarkii]]'' {{Au|Carlson}}
* ''[[Russelia syringifolia]]'' {{Au|Schltdl. & Cham.}}
* ''[[Russelia tehuana]]'' {{Au|Pérez-Calix & Guzm.-Díaz}}
* ''[[Russelia tenuis]]'' {{Au|Lundell}}
* ''[[Russelia tepicensis]]'' {{Au|B.L.Rob.}}
* ''[[Russelia teres]]'' {{Au|Lundell}}
* ''[[Russelia ternifolia]]'' {{Au|Kunth}}
* ''[[Russelia tetraptera]]'' {{Au|S.F.Blake}}
* ''[[Russelia verticillata]]'' {{Au|Kunth}}
* ''[[Russelia villosa]]'' {{Au|Lundell}}
* ''[[Russelia worthingtonii]]'' {{Au|B.L.Turner}}
|}
==Sources==
{{cite journal
| last       = Carlson
| first      = Margery
| date       = 1957
| title      = Monograph of the Genus Russelia (Scrophulariacae)
| url        = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19921#page/7/mode/1up
| journal    = Fieldiana Botany
| volume     = 29
| issue      = 4
| pages      = 244–285
| doi        = 10.5962/bhl.title.2398
| access-date = October 31, 2017
| doi-access= free
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week025.shtml Coral Plant]
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[[Category:Plantaginaceae]]
[[Category:Plantaginaceae genera]]
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