''Rungia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...
.
Its native range is
Tropical Africa
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(within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo), southern
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (, , or , , ) or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated north-east of Africa on the Arabian plate. At , comparable in size to India, the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world.
Geographically, the ...
(within Oman and Yemen), Tropical and Subtropical Asia (within the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Java, Laccadive Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam and West Himalaya ).
The genus name of ''Rungia'' is in honour of
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1794–1867), a German analytical chemist.
It was first described and published in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. Vol.3 on page 77 in 1832.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Rungia adnata''
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Rungia apiculata''
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Rungia axilliflora''
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Rungia beddomei''
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Rungia bisaccata''
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Rungia blumeana''
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Rungia brandisii''
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Rungia burmanica''
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Rungia caespitosa''
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Rungia camerunensis''
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Rungia chamaedryoides
''Rungia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, ...
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Rungia chinensis''
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Rungia clauda''
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Rungia congoensis''
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Rungia crenata''
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Rungia daklakensis''
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Rungia densiflora''
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Rungia dimorpha''
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Rungia diversibracteata''
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Rungia diversiformis
''Rungia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, ...
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Rungia eberhardtii
''Rungia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, ...
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Rungia elegans
''Rungia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, ...
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Rungia eriostachya
''Rungia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, ...
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Rungia evrardii
''Rungia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, ...
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Rungia flaviflora''
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Rungia grandis''
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Rungia guangxiensis''
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Rungia guineensis''
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Rungia heterophylla''
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Rungia himalayensis''
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Rungia hirpex''
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Rungia incompta''
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Rungia khasiana''
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Rungia khoii''
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Rungia klossii''
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Rungia laeta''
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Rungia latior''
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Rungia lepida''
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Rungia letestui''
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Rungia linifolia''
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Rungia longifolia''
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Rungia longipes''
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Rungia maculata''
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Rungia mastersii''
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Rungia membranacea''
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Rungia mina''
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Rungia minutiflora''
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Rungia monetaria''
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Rungia naoensis''
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Rungia napoensis''
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Rungia oligoneura''
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Rungia paxiana''
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Rungia pectinata
''Rungia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, ...
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Rungia philippinensis''
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Rungia pierrei''
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Rungia pinpienensis''
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Rungia podostachya''
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Rungia punduana''
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Rungia pungens''
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Rungia purpurascens''
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Rungia repens''
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Rungia rivicola''
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Rungia rungioides''
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Rungia salaccensis''
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Rungia saranganensis''
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Rungia schliebenii''
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Rungia selangorensis''
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Rungia silvatica''
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Rungia sinothailandica''
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Rungia sisparensis''
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Rungia smeruensis''
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Rungia stolonifera
''Rungia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, ...
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Rungia subtilifolia''
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Rungia sumatrana''
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Rungia taiwanensis''
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Rungia tenuissima''
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Rungia tonkinensis''
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Rungia tristichantha''
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Rungia vegeta''
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Rungia wightiana''
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Rungia yunnanensis''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9071247
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae genera
Plants described in 1832
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
Paleotropical flora