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Taxon: Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson

Genus: Asystasia
Family: Acanthaceae subfamily: Acanthoideae tribe: Justicieae.
Nomen number: 411162
Place of publication: G. H. K. Thwaites & J. D. Hooker, Enum. pl. zeyl. 235. 1860
Name verified on: 19-Jun-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Mar-2003
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
    South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
    Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa; Swaziland
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • naturalized in Malesia, Australia, tropical America, & Oceania

References:

  • PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
  • Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. (Pl SAfr)
  • Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java. (F Java)
  • Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal)
  • Compton, R. H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland. (F Swazi)
  • Daniel, T. F. 1997. Catalog of the Acanthaceae of Belize with taxonomic and phytogeographic notes. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 21:164.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. (L Micrones)
  • Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000) (F Ethiop)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Kiew, R. & K. Volleson. 1997. Asystasia (Acanthaceae) in Malaysia. Kew Bull. 52:969.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. (F TamilC)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal. (F Natal)
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
  • Wasshausen, D. C. 1998. Acanthaceae of the Southeastern United States. Castanea 63:111.
  • Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson:

  • SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
  • On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
  • PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?411162 (09 February 2010)

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