Acanthaceae

Andrographis Wall. ex Nees

First published in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 77 (1832)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Bahamas, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Hainan, Haiti, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Society Is., Thailand, Vietnam, Virginia, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 16, 2015 Wood, J.J. [289] India K000938855 No
Oct 16, 2015 Mathew, K.M. [26875] India K000938856 No
Sep 25, 1937 Bor, N.L. [2841] India K000592601 Yes
Barber, C.A. [1495] India K000592599 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [4135] India K000545973 Yes
Beddome [s.n.] India K000545971 Yes
Ellis, S.L. [23715] India K:SPC-25562.000 No
Wight, R. [797] India K000545957 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [15961] India K000545972 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0