Asystasia

Asystasia
Asystasia bella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Justicieae
Genus: Asystasia
Blume (1826)
Species

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Synonyms
  • Asystasiella Lindau (1895)
  • Dicentranthera T.Anderson (1863)
  • Henfreya Lindl. (1847)
  • Intrusaria Raf. (1838)
  • Isochoriste Miq. (1858)
  • Parasystasia Baill. (1891)
  • Salpinctium T.J.Edwards (1989)
  • Styasasia S.Moore (1905)

The genus Asystasia belongs to the family Acanthaceae and comprises 59 species found in the tropics of Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Guinea. It includes the weedy species Asystasia gangetica.