Rostellularia procumbens

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: Rostellularia
Species: Rostellularia procumbens

Name

Rostellularia procumbens (L.) Nees in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 371 (1847).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Justicia procumbens L., Sp. Pl.: 15 (1753).
Homotypic
- Rostellaria procumbens (L.) Nees in N. Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 101 (1832).
- Ecbolium procumbens (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 488 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Justicia japonica Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg. ed. 14.: 63 (1784).
  - Rostellaria japonica (Thunb.) Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 37: 400 (1866).
  - Justicia procumbens f. japonica (Thunb.) H.Hara, Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 294 (1948).
  - Rostellularia japonica (Thunb.) J.L.Ellis, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22: 196 (1980 publ. 1982).
- Justicia media R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 476 (1810).
  - Rostellularia media (R.Br.) Nees in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 374 (1847).
- Justicia hirtella Wall., Numer. List: n.° 2448 (1830).
- Rostellaria adenostachya Nees, in N. Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 101 (1832).
  - Rostellularia adenostachya (Nees) Nees in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 373 (1847).
- Dianthera americana Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 16 (1837), sensu auct.
- Rostellularia sarmentosa Zoll. ex Nees in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 370 (1847).
  - Ptyssiglottis sarmentosa (Zoll. ex Nees) Boerl., Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 662 (1899).
  - Rungia sarmentosa (Zoll. ex Nees) Valeton, Icon. Bogor. 3: t. 257 (1908).
- Rostellularia juncea Nees in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 376 (1847).
- Rostellularia trichochila Miq., J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 118 (1861).
- Rostellularia blancoi Hassk., Flora 47: 54 (1864).
- Justicia procumbens var. riukiuensis Yamam., Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 31 (1926).
  - Rostellularia procumbens var. riukiuensis (Yamam.) S.S.Ying, Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 44 (1989).
- Justicia procumbens var. hirsuta Yamam., Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 32 (1926).
  - Rostellularia procumbens var. hirsuta (Yamam.) S.S.Ying, Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 44 (1989).
- Justicia procumbens var. linearifolia Yamam., Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 33 (1926).
  - Rostellularia procumbens var. linearifolia (Yamam.) S.S.Ying, Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 45 (1989).
- Justicia hayatae var. decumbens Yamam., Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 35 (1926).
- Justicia procumbens var. typica Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 1158 (1929), not validly publ.
- Justicia procumbens var. leucantha Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 669 (1930).
- Rostellularia sundana Bremek., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 62 (1948).
- Rostellularia magnifolia Bremek., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 72 (1948).
- Rostellularia cradengensis Bremek., Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 84 (1961).
- Rostellularia elegans Bremek., Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 85 (1961).
- Rostellularia neglecta Bremek., Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 86 (1961).
- Rostellularia procumbens f. alboflora J.L.Liu, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 20: 254 (2000).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie
- - China (from the southern area of Qinling mts; eastward to Jiangsu; southward to Guangdong, west southward to Yunnan), Tibet, Taiwan, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), South Korea, Ryukyu Isl., Seychelles (I), Java, India (throughout), Sri Lanka, Vietnam, peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Sagaing), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch), Laos, Philippines (Batanes, Luzon to Mindanao)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) 1847. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 11, Sistens praesertim Acanthaceas et Verbenaceas. 736 pp. Sumptibus Victoris Masson, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Rostellularia procumbens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Rostellularia procumbens. Published online. Accessed: 09 November 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Rostellularia procumbens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 November 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. Rostellularia procumbens. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 09. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Rostellularia procumbens. Accessed: 23 November 2024.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rostellularia procumbens. Accessed: 2024 November 23.

Vernacular names

العربية: شخض مفترش
English: Water willow
español: Sauce de agua
日本語: キツネノマゴ
한국어: 쥐꼬리망초
मराठी: कलमाशी, करंबल, पित्तपापडा
português: Salgueiro de água
தமிழ்: கோடகசாலை
中文: 爵床

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