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

WFO wfo-1000046835 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Strobilanthes pavala, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. a Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-12-27 / obs. 125783534
Strobilanthes pavala, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 108151975
Strobilanthes pavala, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118915058
Strobilanthes pavala, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 132564592
Strobilanthes pavala, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 133619931
Strobilanthes pavala, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 135101577
Strobilanthes pavala, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 123766123
Strobilanthes pavala, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 127392682

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Strobilanthes pavala is native: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya BangladeshIndiaNepalPakistanWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Strobilanthes pavala, 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
Bangladesh BAN ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

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 31 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.

  • 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.

and 7 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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