Taxon: Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Asystasia gangetica subsp. gangetica (no accessions)
• Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha (no accessions)

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• 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 - Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo; Swaziland
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• naturalized in Malesia, tropical America, & Oceania

References:

• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62.
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java.
• Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
• Compton, R. H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland.
• Daniel, T. F. 1997. Catalog of the Acanthaceae of Belize with taxonomic and phytogeographic notes. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 21:164.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000)
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Kiew, R. & K. Volleson. 1997. Asystasia (Acanthaceae) in Malaysia. Kew Bull. 52:969.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:36.
• Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• 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.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Asystasia gangetica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Asystasia gangetica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Asystasia gangetica.

Synonyms:

• Asystasia coromandeliana Nees [≡ Asystasia gangetica subsp. gangetica]
  
• Asystasia coromandeliana var. micrantha Nees [≡ Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha]
  
• Asystasia intrusa (Forssk.) Blume [= Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha]
  
• Justicia gangetica L. [≡ Asystasia gangetica subsp. gangetica]
  
• Ruellia intrusa Forssk. [= Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha]
  
• Ruellia zeylanica J. Koenig ex Roxb. [= Asystasia gangetica subsp. gangetica]
  

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

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• 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.

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
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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