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Acanthaceae

Strobilanthes pavala (Roxb.) J.R.I.Wood

Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Strobilanthes

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Strobilanthes pavala: Acanthaceae (acanthus or ruellia family) » Hemigraphis latebrosa hem-ee-GRAF-iss -- from the Greek hemi (half) and graphis (stylus, paintbrush) lat-ee-BROH-suh
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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Chinese
小花楠草

Synonyms

  • Crateola parviflora Raf.
  • Crossandra diffusa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Dipteracanthus parviflorus Nees
  • Eranthemum parviflorum R.Br. ex Spreng.
  • Hemigraphis crenata (Benth. ex Hohen.) Bremek.
  • Hemigraphis ebracteata (Dalzell) C.B.Clarke
  • Hemigraphis elegans Nees
  • Hemigraphis elegans var. crenata (Benth. ex Hohen.) C.B.Clarke
  • Hemigraphis latebrosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Nees
  • Hemigraphis latebrosa var. beddomei C.B.Clarke
  • Hemigraphis latebrosa var. ebracteata (Dalzell) T.Cooke
  • Hemigraphis latebrosa var. heyneana Bremek.
  • Hemigraphis latebrosa var. incana Gamble
  • Hemigraphis latebrosa var. rupestris C.B.Clarke
  • Hemigraphis pavala (Roxb.) Kurz
  • Hemigraphis rupestris T.Anderson
  • Hygrophila pavala Kurz
  • Justicia parviflora Ortega
  • Lepidagathis pavala (Roxb.) Nees
  • Ruellia crenata Benth. ex Hohen.
  • Ruellia ebracteata Dalzell
  • Ruellia ebracteolata T.Anderson
  • Ruellia elegans Hook.
  • Ruellia erecta Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Ruellia fasciculata Wall.
  • Ruellia latebrosa B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Ruellia obscura Russell ex Wall.
  • Ruellia parviflora Nees
  • Ruellia pavala Roxb.
  • Ruellia rupestris T.Anderson
  • Ruellia satpoorensis Wawra

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.