Andrographis

Andrographis paniculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Andrographideae
Genus: Andrographis
Species: A. affinis – A. alata – A. atropurpurea – A. beddomei – A. chendurunii – A. echioides – A. elongata – A. erpyllifolia – A. explicata – A. glandulosa – A. gracilis – A. lawsonii – A. lineata – A. lobelioides – A. longipedunculata – A. macrobotrys – A. megamalayana – A. neesiana – A. paniculata – A. producta – A. rothii – A. rotundifolia – A. serpyllifolia – A. stellulata – A. stenophylla – A. subspathulata – A. viscosula

Name

Andrographis Wall. ex Nees, 1832

• Type species: Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Erianthera Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 77 (1832)
  • Indoneesiella Sreem. in Phytologia 16: 466 (1968)
  • Neesiella Sreem. in Phytologia 15: 270 (1967), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Myanmar 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. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wallich, N. 1832. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants. Vol. 3. pp. 201–300. London. BHL Reference page. : 3: 77, 116. 1832.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Andrographis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Andrographis. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 09 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Andrographis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Andrographis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jun. 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Andrographis. .

Vernacular names

suomi: Kiratat
தமிழ்: சிறியா நங்கை/நிலவேம்பு

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