Rhinacanthus nasutus

Rhinacanthus nasutus

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: Justicieae
Subtribus: Justiciinae
Genus: Rhinacanthus
Species: Rhinacanthus nasutus
Varieties: R. n. var. montanus – R. n. var. nasutus

Name

Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kuntze, 1891

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Justicia nasuta L. in Sp. Pl.: 16 (1753)
  • Rhinacanthus communis Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 109 (1832), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan), India (throughout), Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines (I), peninsular Malaysia (chiefly in the north), Sri Lanka, Malesia, Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Yangon) Continental: Africa Madagascar, Comores (Grande Comore, Mayotte), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Kuntze, C.E.O., Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 494. 1891.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Rhinacanthus nasutus. 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. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Rhinacanthus nasutus. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 17 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Rhinacanthus nasutus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rhinacanthus nasutus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Snake Jasmine
தமிழ்: நாக மல்லி

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