Strobilanthes cordifolia(Vahl) J.R.I.Wood

WFO wfo-0001342709 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, 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.

Strobilanthes cordifolia, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. a Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-17 / obs. 181007396
Strobilanthes cordifolia, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. b Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50292486
Strobilanthes cordifolia, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. c Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50292493
Strobilanthes cordifolia, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. d Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50292494
Strobilanthes cordifolia, photographed by Aravinth
fig. e Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51510726
Strobilanthes cordifolia, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. f Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50292504
Strobilanthes cordifolia, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. g Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50292483
Strobilanthes cordifolia, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. h Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50292503

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Strobilanthes cordifolia is native: India, Sri Lanka IndiaSri Lanka
Native distribution of Strobilanthes cordifolia, 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
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Sri Lanka SRL

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 14 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.

  • Phlebophyllum spicatum (Roth) Bremek.
  • Ruellia arcuata Wall.
  • Ruellia canescens B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke
  • Ruellia cordifolia Vahl
  • Ruellia russeliana Wall.
  • Ruellia spicata Roth
  • Ruellia subsericea Wall.
  • Stenosiphonium confertum Nees
  • Stenosiphonium cordifolium (Vahl) Alston
  • Stenosiphonium cordifolium var. subsericeum (Nees) L.H.Cramer
  • Stenosiphonium russelianum Nees
  • Stenosiphonium russelianum Wight
  • Stenosiphonium russelianum var. subsericeum (Nees) T.Anderson
  • Stenosiphonium subsericeum Nees

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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