Leptostachya wallichii is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a perennial native to tropical Asia, where it ranges from India through Indochina to southeastern China (Guangxi and Guangdong provinces) and Borneo.[1]

Leptostachya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Leptostachya
Nees (1832), nom. cons.
Species:
L. wallichii
Binomial name
Leptostachya wallichii
Nees (1832)
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Dianthera debilis C.B.Clarke (1885), nom. illeg.
  • Dianthera leptostachya C.B.Clarke (1885)
  • Dianthera wallichii (Nees) Vidal (1885)
  • Ecbolium clarkeanum Kuntze (1891)
  • Ecbolium hemsleyanum Kuntze (1891)
  • Ecbolium leptostachyum (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze (1891)
  • Hallieracantha laxa (Lindau) Stapf (1907)
  • Justicia muticitheca J.B.Imlay (1939)
  • Justicia neodebilis Bennet (1983), nom. superfl.
  • Leptostachya anguina (Benoist) Bremek. (1961)
  • Leptostachya debilis Hosseus (1907), nom. superfl.
  • Justicia wallichii (Nees) T.Anderson (1867)
  • Odontonemella leptostachya (C.B.Clarke) Lindau (1895)
  • Ophiorrhiziphyllon laxum Lindau(1897)
  • Ptyssiglottis anguina Benoist (1936)
  • Ptyssiglottis debilis S.Moore (1922), nom. superfl.
  • Ptyssiglottis laxa (Lindau) Benoist (1935)
  • Ptyssiglottis leptostachya (C.B.Clarke) S.Moore (1922)
  • Ptyssiglottis tonkinensis Benoist (1936), nom. illeg.
  • Ptyssiglottis tonkinensis S.Moore (1922)
  • Ruellia leptostachya Wall. (1830), not validly publ.

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