Hemigraphis repanda

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Hemigraphis repanda
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Hemigraphis
Species:
H. repanda
Binomial name
Hemigraphis repanda
Synonyms

Ruellia repandaL.

Hemigraphis repanda is a species of plant of family Acanthaceae.

Acanthaceae family of plants

Acanthaceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in temperate regions. The four main centres of distribution are Indonesia and Malaysia, Africa, Brazil, and Central America. Representatives of the family can be found in nearly every habitat, including dense or open forests, scrublands, wet fields and valleys, sea coast and marine areas, swamps, and mangrove forests.


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