Rungia

Rungia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyAcanthaceae

Native toAndaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo

Observations268

Observations recorded4,638

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 236
With media: 220
Family: Acanthaceae
Collections: CAS, MICH, BRIT, NY
Recorded in: China, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Myanmar

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Acanthaceae
Image: Rungia pectinata in Kawal WS, AP W IMG 1644.jpg

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taxon name: Rungia
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10589
topic's main category: Category:Rungia
Commons category: Rungia
taxon common name: 孩儿草属

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Rungia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.

Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo), southern Arabian Peninsula (within Oman and Yemen), Tropical and Subtropical Asia (within the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Java, Laccadive Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam and West Himalaya ).

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