Rungia pectinata(L.) Nees

WFO wfo-0000401426 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rungia pectinata, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-28 / obs. 166318339
Rungia pectinata, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 107438064
Rungia pectinata, photographed by S.MORE
fig. c S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 63748212
Rungia pectinata, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118916456
Rungia pectinata, photographed by S.MORE
fig. e S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 111711677
Rungia pectinata, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 162069692
Rungia pectinata, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 123759745
Rungia pectinata, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 123759502

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Rungia pectinata is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Oman, Yemen, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanOmanYemenAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosMalayaMyanmarNepalSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Andaman Is.Laccadive Is.Maldives
Native distribution of Rungia pectinata, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maldives MDV
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Oman OMA
Yemen YEM

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 33 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.

  • Dianthera parviflora Roxb. ex Nees
  • Diapedium latius var. integerrimum Kuntze
  • Diapedium pectinatum (L.) Kuntze
  • Diapedium pectinatum f. lacteum Kuntze
  • Diapedium pectinatum var. brevifolium Kuntze
  • Diapedium pectinatum var. murale Kuntze
  • Diapedium pectinatum var. parviflorum (Retz.) Kuntze
  • Dicliptera coerulea Blume
  • Dicliptera pectinata (L.) Juss.
  • Justicia ciliaris Russell ex Nees
  • Justicia coerulea Steud.
  • Justicia infracta Vahl
  • Justicia parviflora Retz.
  • Justicia parviflora var. ciliata (Bremek.) Karthig. & Lakshmin.
  • Justicia pectinata L.
  • Justicia repens Vahl ex Nees
  • Ruellia dependens Hook. ex Nees
  • Rungia angustifolia Bremek.
  • Rungia coerulea (Blume) Warb.
  • Rungia coerulea var. parvifolia Bremek.
  • Rungia latior var. malabarensis Hochr.
  • Rungia longifolia Bedd.
  • Rungia origanoides Nees
  • Rungia parviflora (Retz.) Nees

and 9 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.

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