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511.0000 Family Acanthaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 102 (1789) (´Acanthi´), nom. cons.
ca. 192 genera, ca. 5500 spp. Phylogeny: Manzitto-Tripp et al. 2022
Species listed in database: 5499
= Avicenniaceae Miq.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 353 (1845), nom. cons.
= Justiciaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 60 (1838)
= Mendonciaceae Bremek.; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 56: 540 (1954)
= Meyeniaceae Sreem.; Phytologia 37: 412 (1977)
= Nelsoniaceae (Nees) Sreem.; Phytologia 37: 412 (1977)
= Thunbergiaceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 979 (1870)
511.5102 Genus Rostellularia Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 190 (1837)
Distribution: tropical Asia, Australia. It is still unclear whether this genus needs inclusion in Justicia s. l. or remains separate.
Species listed in database: 33
= Rostellaria Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 76 (1832), nom. illeg.
species :
Rostellularia adscendens (R.Br.) R.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 250 (1986)
subspecies :
subsp. adscendens
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia adscendens R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 476 (1810)
= Justicia procumbens var. adscendens (R.Br.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 1158 (1929)
variant :
var. hispida (Domin) R.M.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 261 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia procumbens var. hispida Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 1158 (1929)
variant :
var. juncea (R.Br.) R.M.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 258 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia juncea R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 476 (1810)
= Justicia procumbens var. juncea (R.Br.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 1158 (1929)
variant :
var. largiflorens R.M.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 270 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
50 AUS
variant :
var. latifolia (Domin) R.M.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 266 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia procumbens var. latifolia Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 1158 (1929)
variant :
var. pogonanthera (F.Muell.) R.M.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 264 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Rostellularia pogonanthera F.Muell.; Linnaea 25: 431 (1852)
subspecies :
subsp. clementii (Domin) R.M.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 267 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia clementii (Domin) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 605 (1929)
= Rostellularia adscendens var. clementii (Domin) R.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 269 (1986)
subspecies :
subsp. dallachyi R.M.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 274 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
subspecies :
subsp. glaucoviolacea (Domin) R.M.Barker; J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 9: 272 (1986)
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia glaucoviolacea Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 605 (1929)
species :
Rostellularia andamanica Vasudeva Rao; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 6(3): 719 (1985)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (North Andamans)
41 AND
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia andamanica (Vasudeva Rao) Vasudeva Rao; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18(1): 249 (1994)
species :
Rostellularia ardjunensis Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch, Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 69 (1948)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
species :
Rostellularia assamica (C.B.Clarke) J.L.Ellis; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24(1-4): 209 (1982 publ. 1983)
Distribution: India (Assam, Meghalaya)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia assamica C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 537 (1884)
= Ecbolium assamicum Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 980 (1891)
species :
Rostellularia backeri Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 65 (1948)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Rostellularia bankaoensis Bremek.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 23: 222 (1965)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
Conservation Status: IUCN I
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia bankaoensis (Bremek.) V.A.W.Graham; Kew Bull. 43(4): 596 (1988)
species :
Rostellularia brachystachya (Thouars ex Schult.) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 369 (1847)
Distribution: +Origin unknown (not Mauritius)
Error
Conservation Status: IUCN Ex
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia brachystachya Thouars ex Schult.; Mant. 1 [Schultes] 146 (1822)
= Ecbolium brachystachyum (Thouars ex Schult.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 980 (1891)
species :
Rostellularia chiengmaiensis Bremek.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 84 (1961)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia chiengmaiensis (Bremek.) V.A.W.Graham; Kew Bull. 43(4): 596 (1988)
species :
Rostellularia diffusa (Willd.) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 371 (1832)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Oman; Pakistan (Sind, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); Nepal; India (throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Bago, Kachin, Magway, Shan, Yangon, Chin, Mandalay); Thailand
24 ERI ETH 35 OMA 40 BAN IND NEP PAK SRL 41 MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Barleria pumila Hochst. ex Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 372 (1847)
= Ecbolium diffusum (Willd.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 487 (1891)
= Justicia alata B.Heyne ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 837 (1841), nom. inval.
= Justicia diffusa Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1: 87 (1797)
= Justicia gambleana K.M.P.Kumar, Robi & Hareesh; Kew Bull. 71(3)-39: 1 (2016)
= Justicia graminea Russell ex Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 376 (1847), nom. inval.
= Justicia juncea Russell ex Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 376 (1847), nom. inval.
= Justicia linarifolia Vahl ex Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 376 (1847)
= Justicia peploides Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 525 (1879), nom. illeg.
= Justicia quinqueangularis Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2443 (1830), nom. inval.
= Justicia simplex Lindau; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 3b: 349 (1895), nom. illeg.
= Rostellaria diffusa (Willd.) Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 100 (1832)
= Rostellularia abyssinica Brongn. ex Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 372 (1847), nom. inval.
= Rostellularia pumila Hochst. ex Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 372 (1847)
= Rostellularia ramosissima Bremek.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 87 (1961)
variant :
var. hedyotidifolia (Nees) C.Y.Wu; Index Fl. Yunnan. 2: 1683 (1984)
Distribution: India (Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia diffusa var. hedyotidifolia (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 538 (1885)
= Justicia hedyotidifolia (Wall. ex Nees) Remadevi; Contr. Fl. Kerala, Acanth. 97 (2009)
= Justicia hedyotidifolia Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2450 (1830)
= Rostellaria hedyotidifolia Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 100 (1832)
= Rostellularia diffusa var. hedyotidifolia (Nees) J.L.Ellis; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 30(1-4): 132 (1988 publ. 1990), isonym
= Rostellularia diffusa var. hedyotidifolia (Nees) Kumari; Fl. Tamil Nadu Ind., Ser. 1, 2: 158 (1987), isonym
= Rostellularia hedyotidifolia (Nees) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 370 (1847)
variant :
var. orbiculata (Wall. ex T.Anderson) J.L.Ellis; Biol. Mem. 2(1-2): 109 (1977)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia diffusa var. orbiculata (Wall. ex T.Anderson) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 538 (1885)
= Justicia orbiculata Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2489 (1830) ex T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 512 (1867)
= Rostellularia diffusa var. rotundifolia J.L.Ellis; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 30: 132 (1990)
= Rostellularia orbiculata M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 90 (2003), no type indicated
species :
Rostellularia hayatae (Yamam.) S.S.Ying; Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 45 (1989)
Distribution: Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan
38 NNS TAI
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia ciliata (Yamam.) C.F.Hsieh & T.C.Huang; Taiwania 19(1): 21 (1974), non Jacq.
= Justicia hayatae var. ciliata Yamam.; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 35 (1926)
= Justicia hayatae Yamam.; Icon. Pl. Formosan., Suppl. 2: 34 (1926) et ex S. S. Ying, Mem. Coll. Agr. Natl. Taiwan. Univ. 29(2): 45 (1989), orth. var.
= Justicia procumbens var. hayatae (Yamam.) Ohwi; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 86 (1953)
= Rostellularia ciliata (Yamam.) S.S.Ying; Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 45 (1989)
= Rostellularia procumbens var. ciliata (Yamam.) S.S.Ying; Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 45 (1989)
species :
Rostellularia hijangensis Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch, Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 64 (1948)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
species :
Rostellularia humilis H.S.Lo; Fl. Hainan. 3: 598 (1974)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia demissa N.H.Xia & Y.F.Deng; J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 13(6): 534 (2005), nom. nov.
species :
Rostellularia khasiana (C.B.Clarke) J.L.Ellis; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 20(14): 172 (1978 publ. 1979)
Distribution: NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal); Myanmar; Thailand
40 IND 41 MYA THA
Remarks: often included in R. mollissima s. l.
Synonyms: hidden
= Ecbolium khasiana (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 980 (1891)
= Justicia khasiana C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 537 (1884)
species :
Rostellularia lanceolata Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 63 (1948)
Distribution: Lesser Sunda Isl.
42 LSI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Rostellularia latispica (C.B.Clarke) Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch, Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 71 (1948)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
36 CHI 40 IND SRL
Remarks: often included in R. mollissima s. l.
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia latispica (C.B.Clarke) Gamble; Fl. Madras 1080 (1924)
= Justicia procumbens subsp. latispica (C.B.Clarke) L.H.Cramer; Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon [Dassanayake] 12: 120 (1998)
= Justicia procumbens var. latispica C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 539 (1885)
= Rostellularia khasiana var. latispica (C.B.Clarke) C.Y.Wu; Index Fl. Yunnan. 2: 1684 (1984) ex C. C. Hu, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 70: 305 (2002)
= Rostellularia latispica (C.B.Clarke) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 90 (2003), isonym
= Rostellularia procumbens subsp. latispica (C.B.Clarke) L.H.Cramer; Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon [Dassanayake] 12: 120 (1998)
species :
Rostellularia linearifolia Bremek.; Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 60: 5 (1957)
subspecies :
subsp. linearifolia
Distribution: Thailand; Laos
41 LAO THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia linearifolia (Bremek.) H.S.Lo; Guihaia 17: 58 (1997), nom. illeg.
= Justicia neolinearifolia N.H.Xia & Y.F.Deng; J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 13(6): 534 (2005), nom. nov.
subspecies :
subsp. liangkwangensis H.S.Lo; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(4): 87, pl. 2 (1979)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Guangdong)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia linearifolia subsp. liankwangensis H.S.Lo; Guihaia 17(1): 59 (1997)
= Justicia neolinearifolia subsp. liangkwangensis (H.S.Lo) N.H.Xia & Y.F.Deng; J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 13(6): 534 (2005)
species :
Rostellularia mollissima (Nees) Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 101 (1847)
Distribution: S-China; Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; India (throughout); Bangladesh; peninsular Malaysia
36 CHI 38 NNS TAI 40 BAN IND NEP 42 MLY
Remarks: the species is often expanded very much to include R. rotundifolia, R. khasiana and R. latispica
Synonyms: hidden
= Dianthera ciliata Blanco; Fl. Filip., ed. 2 [Blanco] 12 (1845)
= Ecbolium simplex (D.Don) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 488 (1891)
= Justicia diffusa var. orbiculata (T.Anderson) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 538 (1885)
= Justicia mollissima (Nees) Y.F.Deng & T.F.Daniel; Fl. China 19: 451 (2011)
= Justicia mollissima Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2445 (1830), nomen
= Justicia orbiculata T.Anderson; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 512 (1867)
= Justicia procumbens var. simplex (D.Don) T.Yamaz.; Fl. E. Himalaya 302 (1966)
= Justicia simplex D.Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 118 (1825)
= Rostellaria mollissima Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 101 (1832)
= Rostellularia diffusa var. orbiculata (Wall. ex T.Anderson) J.L.Ellis; Biol. Mem. 2: 109 (1977)
= Rostellularia procumbens var. simplex (D.Don) T.Yamaz.; Fl. E. Himalaya 302 (1966)
species :
Rostellularia nagpurensis (V.A.W.Graham) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 90 (2003)
Distribution: S-India (Karnataka)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia nagpurensis V.A.W.Graham; Kew Bull. 43(4): 597 (1988), nom. nov.
= Rostellularia procumbens var. serpyllifolia Benth.; Exsicc. (Pl. Ind. Orient.) 1851: no. 571 (1851)
species :
Rostellularia obtusa Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 374 (1847)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia blumeana Klotzsch ex Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 374 (1847)
= Justicia obtusa (Nees) Steenis; Mountain Fl. Java sub t. 1 (1972)
= Justicia procumbens Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 788 (1826), nom. illeg.
= Rostellularia obtusa var. grandifolia Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 827 (1857)
= Rostellularia obtusa var. neesiana Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 67 (1948)
species :
Rostellularia ovata Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 68 (1948)
Distribution: Java (incl. Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali)
42 JAW LSI
species :
Rostellularia palustris Bremek.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 23: 223 (1965)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Rostellularia peploides (Nees) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 375 (1847)
Distribution: Afghanistan (Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost); Pakistan (Baluchistan, Kurram, Swat, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi); India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); India (E- to N- & peninsular India, Himalayas, Jammu & Kashmir, Poonch); Bangladesh; Java; Australia (Queensland)
34 AFG 40 BAN IND PAK 42 JAW 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Ecbolium peploides (Nees) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 981 (1891)
= Justicia peploides (Nees) T.Anderson; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 511 (1867)
= Justicia quinqueangularis var. peploides (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 537 (1885)
= Rostellaria peploides Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 101 (1832)
= Rostellularia quinqueangularis var. peploides (Nees) Babu; Herbac. Fl. Dehra Dun 392 (1977), isonym
= Rostellularia quinqueangularis var. peploides (Nees) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 93 (2003), isonym
= Rostellularia quinqueangularis var. peploides (Nees) Raizada; Suppl. Fl. Gangetic Plain 6: 209 (1976)
species :
Rostellularia procumbens (L.) Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 101 (1832)
Distribution: Seychelles [I]; China (from the southern area of Qinling mts, eastward to Jiangsu, southward to Guangdong, west southward to Yunnan); Tibet; South Korea; Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; India (throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Chin, Kachin, Sagaing); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Singapore [I]; Philippines (Batanes, Luzon, Mindanao); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); [Western] Samoa [I] (´Upolu [I], Savai´i [I]); American Samoa [I] (Tutuila [I], Ta´u [I])
29 sey 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR NNS TAI 40 BAN IND LDV MDV NEP SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY NWG PHI sng 60 asa sam
Synonyms: hidden
= Dianthera americana Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 16 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Ecbolium procumbens (L.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 488 (1891)
= Justicia hayatae var. decumbens Yamam.; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 35 (1926)
= Justicia hirtella Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2448 (1830), nomen
= Justicia japonica Thunb.; Fl. Jap. [Thunberg] 20 (1784) et Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 63 (1784)
= Justicia media R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 476 (1810)
= Justicia procumbens f. japonica (Thunb.) H.Hara; Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 294 (1948)
= Justicia procumbens L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 15 (1753)
= Justicia procumbens var. hirsuta Yamam.; Icon. Pl. Formosan., Suppl. 2: 32 (1926)
= Justicia procumbens var. leucantha Honda; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 669 (1930)
= Justicia procumbens var. linearifolia Yamam.; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 33 (1926)
= Justicia procumbens var. riukiuensis Yamam.; Icon. Pl. Formosan., Suppl. 2: 31, f. 18 (1926)
= Ptyssiglottis sarmentosa (Nees) Boerl.; Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. [Boerlage] 2: 662 (1899)
= Rostellaria adenostachya Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 101 (1832)
= Rostellaria japonica (Thunb.) Carrière; Rev. Hort. (Paris), Sér. 4, 14: 400 (1866)
= Rostellularia adenostachya Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 373 (1847)
= Rostellularia blancoi Hassk.; Flora 47: 54 (1864)
= Rostellularia cradengensis Bremek.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 84 (1961)
= Rostellularia elegans Bremek.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 85 (1961)
= Rostellularia japonica (Thunb.) J.L.Ellis; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22(1-4): 196 (1980 publ. 1982)
= Rostellularia juncea Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 376 (1847)
= Rostellularia magnifolia Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 72 (1948)
= Rostellularia media Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 374 (1847)
= Rostellularia neglecta Bremek.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 86 (1961)
= Rostellularia procumbens f. alboflora J.L.Liu; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 20(3): 254 (2000)
= Rostellularia procumbens var. hirsuta (Yamam.) S.S.Ying; Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 44 (1989)
= Rostellularia procumbens var. linearifolia (Yamam.) S.S.Ying; Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 45 (1989)
= Rostellularia procumbens var. riukiuensis (Yamam.) S.S.Ying; Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 44 (1989)
= Rostellularia sarmentosa Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 370 (1847)
= Rostellularia sundana Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch, Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 62 (1948)
= Rostellularia trichochila Miq.; J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 118 (1861)
= Rungia sarmentosa (Nees) Valeton; Icon. Bogor. [Boerlage] 3: t. 257 (1908)
species :
Rostellularia prostrata (Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke) R.B.Majumdar; Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 25(1-2): 75 (1971)
Distribution: China (Hainan, Fujian); Taiwan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 IND SRL 41 THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia diffusa var. prostrata Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 538 (1884)
= Justicia prostrata (Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke) Gamble; Fl. Madras 1081 (1924)
= Rostellularia diffusa var. prostrata (Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke) H.S.Lo; Fl. Hainan. 3: 570 & 598 (Addenda) (1974)
= Rostellularia diffusa var. prostrata (Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke) J.L.Ellis; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 30(1-4): 131 (1988 publ. 1990), isonym
= Rostellularia prostrata (Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair; Fl. Courtallum 2: 299 (1987), isonym
= Rostellularia prostrata (Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke) S.Sharma & Tiagi; Fl. N. E. Rajasthan 325 (1979), isonym
species :
Rostellularia psychotrioides (Thouars ex Schult.) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 370 (1847)
Distribution: +Origin unknown (not Mauritius, probably Madagascar)
Error
Conservation Status: IUCN Ex
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia psychotrioides Thouars ex Schult.; Mant. 1 [Schultes] 146 (1822)
= Ecbolium psychotriodes (Thouars ex Schult.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 981 (1891)
species :
Rostellularia quinquangularis (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 375 (1847)
Distribution: Nepal; India (throughout); Bangladesh
40 BAN IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Ecbolium quinquangulare (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 981 (1891)
= Justicia geniculata Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 2443 (1830), nom. inval.
= Justicia graminea J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 134 (1820)
= Justicia juncea J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 134 (1820)
= Justicia peploides var. angustifolia T.Anderson; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 511 (1867)
= Justicia procumbens var. peploides (T.Anderson) F.M.Bailey; Syn. Queensl. Fl. 369 (1883)
= Justicia quinqueangularis J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 1: 134 (1820)
= Justicia quinqueangularis var. kawalii Annamma & Venu; Indian J. Forest. 39(2): 179 (2016)
= Justicia rothii F.Dietr.; Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 5: 17 (1836), nom. superfl.
= Rostellaria quinqueangularis (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 101 (1832)
species :
Rostellularia rachaburensis Bremek.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 27(1): 84 (1969)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
Conservation Status: IUCN I
species :
Rostellularia rotundifolia (Nees) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 370 (1847)
Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Swat, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab, Murree, Mirpur); Nepal; Bhutan; India (throughout)
40 BHU IND NEP PAK
Remarks: often included in R. mollissima s. l.
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia hispida B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] sub no. 2449 (1830), nomen
= Justicia nepalensis V.A.W.Graham; Kew Bull. 43(4): 597 (1988), nom. nov.
= Rostellaria rotundifolia Nees in Wall.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 100 (1832) non Justicia rotundifolia Nees, 1832
= Rostellularia diffusa var. rotundifolia (Nees) J.L.Ellis; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 30(1-4): 132 (1988 publ. 1990)
= Rostellularia mollissima var. serpyllifolia (C.B.Clarke) Babu; Herbac. Fl. Dehra Dun 391 (1977), isonym
= Rostellularia mollissima var. serpyllifolia (C.B.Clarke) Raizada; Suppl. Fl. Gangetic Plain 6: 209 (1976)
species :
Rostellularia royeniana (C.B.Clarke) Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 373 (1847)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia royeniana (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 537 (1885)
= Justicia repens Deless. ex Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 373 (1847)
species :
Rostellularia serpyllifolia (Benth. ex C.B.Clarke) Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 62 (1948)
Distribution: S-India (Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia hansenii Sivar. & P.Mathew; Taxon 38(3): 486 (1989), nom. nov.
= Justicia serpyllifolia (Benth. ex C.B.Clarke) Gamble; Fl. Madras 1080 (1924), nom. illeg.
= Justicia simplex var. serpyllifolia Benth. ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 539 (1885)
= Rostellularia mollissima var. serpyllifolia (Benth. ex C.B.Clarke) Raizada; Suppl. Fl. Gangetic Plain 209 (1976)
species :
Rostellularia simplex Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4: t. 1542 (1850) non Justicia simplex D. Don, 1825
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Ecbolium nothum (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 980 (1891)
= Justicia notha C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 537 (1884)
species :
Rostellularia smeruensis Bremek.; Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch, Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 70 (1948)
Distribution: Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali)
42 JAW LSI
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia smeruensis (Bremek.) Steenis; Mountain Fl. Java, sub. t. 1 (1972)
species :
Rostellularia vahlii (Roth) Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 102 (1832)
Distribution: Pakistan (Sind); India (Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Bangladesh
40 BAN IND PAK
Remarks: sometimes included in R. quinquangularis
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia diffusa var. vahlii (Roth) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 538 (1885)
= Justicia vahliana Schult.; Mant. 1 [Schultes] 138 (1822)
= Justicia vahlii Roth; Nov. Pl. Sp. 14 (1821)
= Justicia vahlii var. imberbis Roth; Nov. Pl. Sp. 15 (1821)
= Rostellaria vahlii Nees; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 3: 102 (1832), nom. superfl.
= Rostellularia vahliana (Schult.) Mabb.; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 14(2): 250 (2020)
= Rostellularia vahlii Nees; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 11: 376 (1847), nom. superfl.
variant :
var. rupicola J.L.Ellis; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 11(3-4): 435 (1969 publ. 1972)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Justicia vahlii var. rupicola (Nees) Karthik. & Moorthy; Fl. Pl. India 29 (2009)
= Justicia vahlii var. rupicola (J.L.Ellis) Pull., Moulali & Sandhyar.; Fl. Andhra Pradesh 4: 1404 (2018) isonym
variant :
var. scindica Malik & Ghafoor; Fl. Pakistan 188: 36 (1988)
Distribution: Pakistan
40 PAK
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