Asystasia gangetica

Asystasia gangetica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Justicieae
Subtribus: Justiciinae
Genus: Asystasia
Species: Asystasia gangetica
Varieties: A. g. var. gangetica – A. g. var. krishnae

Name

Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson, 1860

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Justicia gangetica L., Cent. Pl. II: 3 (1756)
  • Ruellia gangetica (L.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 478 (1810)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Andaman Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Thailand Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Vietnam Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia Introduced into: Angola, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Gilbert Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Madeira, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Society Is., Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Anderson, T., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 235. 1860

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Asystasia gangetica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Asystasia gangetica. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 10 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Asystasia gangetica in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 10.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Asystasia gangetica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asystasia gangetica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese violet
தமிழ்: மெட்டிக்கீரை

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