Acanthaceae

Rungia Nees

First published in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 77 (1832)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, S. Arabian Peninsula, Tropical & Subtropical Asia.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Deng, Y.F., Li, Z.Y., Wang, Q. & Peng, H. (2020). Flora of Pan-Himalaya 46: 1-570. Science Press, Beijing. Cambridge University Press.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Justicia.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 5: 252.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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