''Hemigraphis'' is a genus of plants in the family
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus 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 ...
, consisting of nearly 40 species native to
tropical
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Asia
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. ''Hemigraphis'' is similar to plants the genus ''
Strobilanthes
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'', with some species now placed there. Its native range is
Nansei-shoto
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and from
Indo-China
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to
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.
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Species
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* '' Hemigraphis angustifolia'' Hallier f.
* '' Hemigraphis banggaiensis'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis betonicifolia'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis bicolor'' (Blume) Boerl.
* '' Hemigraphis blumeana'' K.Schum.
* '' Hemigraphis borneensis'' Hallier f. ex Koord.
* '' Hemigraphis buruensis'' Hallier f.
* '' Hemigraphis caudigera'' S.Moore
* '' Hemigraphis dorensis'' S.Moore
* '' Hemigraphis flaccida'' (Kurz) C.B.Clarke
* '' Hemigraphis hispidula'' Craib
* '' Hemigraphis humilis'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis javanica'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis kjellbergii'' Bremek.
* ''Hemigraphis lasiophylla
''Hemigraphis'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae, consisting of nearly 40 species native to tropical Asia. ''Hemigraphis'' is similar to plants the genus ''Strobilanthes'', with some species now placed there. Its native range is Nan ...
'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis ledermannii'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis lithophila'' K.Schum. & Lauterb.
* '' Hemigraphis mediocris'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis modesta'' Benoist
* '' Hemigraphis moluccana'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis okamotoi'' Masam.
* '' Hemigraphis palopensis'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis parva'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis petola'' Hallier f.
* '' Hemigraphis prostrata'' Hallier f.
* '' Hemigraphis proteus'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis ravaccensis'' (Nees) Boerl.
* '' Hemigraphis repens'' Fern.-Vill. - unplaced name (Philippines)
* '' Hemigraphis ridleyi'' C.B.Clarke
* '' Hemigraphis rumphii'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis serpens'' (Nees) Boerl.
* '' Hemigraphis sordida'' K.Schum.
* '' Hemigraphis stenophylla'' Hallier f.
* '' Hemigraphis sumatrensis'' (Roth) Boerl.
* '' Hemigraphis trichotoma'' (Nees) Boerl.
* '' Hemigraphis turnerifolia'' Benoist
* '' Hemigraphis weinlandii'' K.Schum.
* '' Hemigraphis wetarensis'' Bremek.
* '' Hemigraphis whitei'' S.Moore
Description
''Hemigraphis'' is characterized by the greyish-green leaves, sometimes tinged with red-purple colouration. It is a prostrate plant with spreading growth and rooting stems.
References
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Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae genera