Rostellularia quinqueangularis(J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees

WFO wfo-0000401983 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Rostellularia quinqueangularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2019-12-19 / obs. 132159296
Rostellularia quinqueangularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132158403
Rostellularia quinqueangularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. c S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132159294
Rostellularia quinqueangularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132159292
Rostellularia quinqueangularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. e S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132160475
Rostellularia quinqueangularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. f S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132161877
Rostellularia quinqueangularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. g S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132159293
Rostellularia quinqueangularis, photographed by S.MORE
fig. h S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132161879

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Rostellularia quinqueangularis is native: Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya AfghanistanAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaNepalPakistanSri LankaWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Rostellularia quinqueangularis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
West Himalaya WHM
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 29 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ecbolium peploides (Nees) Kuntze
  • Ecbolium quinquangulare (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Kuntze
  • Ecbolium quinqueangulare (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Kuntze
  • Justicia diffusa var. vahlii C.B.Clarke
  • Justicia geniculata Wall.
  • Justicia graminea J.Koenig ex Roxb.
  • Justicia juncea J.Koenig ex Roxb.
  • Justicia peploides (Nees) T.Anderson
  • Justicia peploides var. angustifolia T.Anderson
  • Justicia procumbens var. peploides (T.Anderson) F.M.Bailey
  • Justicia procumbens var. peploides (Nees) F.M.Bailey
  • Justicia quinqueangularis J.Koenig ex Roxb.
  • Justicia quinqueangularis var. kawalii Annamma & Venu
  • Justicia quinqueangularis var. peploides (Nees) C.B.Clarke
  • Justicia rothii F.Dietr.
  • Justicia vahliana Schult.
  • Justicia vahlii Roth
  • Justicia vahlii var. imberbis Roth
  • Justicia vahlii var. rupicola (J.L.Ellis) Karthik. & Moorthy
  • Justicia vahlii var. scindica Malik & Ghafoor
  • Rostellaria peploides Nees
  • Rostellaria quinqueangularis (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees
  • Rostellaria quinqueangularis var. peploides (Nees) C.B.Clarke
  • Rostellaria vahlii Nees

and 5 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.