Acanthaceae
Whitfieldia elongata
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Whitfieldia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 长叶白烛
- Japanese
- ウィットフィルディア・エロンガータ
- sg
- Kûtunêmbo
Synonyms
- Dipteracanthus elongatus (P.Beauv.) Nees
- Ruellia elongata P.Beauv.
- Ruellia longiflora Nees
- Whitfieldia elongata var. abbreviata Mildbr.
- Whitfieldia elongata var. dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand
- Whitfieldia longiflora S.Moore
- Whitfieldia longifolia T.Anderson
- Whitfieldia longifolia var. dewevrei (De Wild. & T.Durand) C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia longifolia var. perglabra (C.B.Clarke) Hutch. & Dalziel
- Whitfieldia perglabra C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia subviridis C.B.Clarke
- Whitfieldia tanganyikensis C.B.Clarke
Photos
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.