Native to Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, West Himalaya; introduced into Algeria, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Ethiopia, Hainan, Jamaica, Madagascar, Sicilia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 24, 2004

Location

South Africa, Gauteng (Pretoria National Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

The garden is located at 2 Cussonia Ave., between Pretoria Road and Cussonia Avenue in Brummeria, eastern Pretoria.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 14, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga (Lowveld National Botanical Garden)

-33.016111, 27.808333

Location Remarks

City of Nelspruit

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Justicia

Specific Epithet

adhatoda

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#287,721 of 335,497

Top 86%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →