Acanthaceae (132)

	Scientific name	Common Names	NCS	Comment
Indigenous Species
1	Acanthus ilicifolius L.	ඉකිලි/කටු ඉකිලි	LC
2	Andrographis alata (Vahl) Nees		LC
3	Andrographis echioides (L.) Nees	හකන්	LC
4	Andrographis macrobotrys Nees		CR
5	Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall.ex Nees	හීං බිං කොහොඹ	CR(PE)
6	Asystasia chelonoides Nees		LC
7	Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders.	පුරුක්	LC
8	Asystasia variabilis (Nees) Trimen		LC
9	Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.		LC
10	Avicennia officinalis L.		NT
11	Barleria arnottiana Nees		VU
12	Barleria involucrata Nees		VU
13	Barleria lanceata (Forssk.) C.Chr.		VU
14	Barleria mysorensis Roth	ක‍ටු නෙළු	LC
15	Barleria nitida Nees		CR
16	Barleria courtallica Nees		CR(PE)	Barleria nutans Nees is a synonym
17	Barleria prionitis L.	ක‍ටු කරඬු	LC
18	Barleria strigosa Willd.		CR
19	Barleria tomentosa Roth		EN
20	Barleria vestita T.Anders.		EN
21	Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E. Meyer ex Krauss		LC
22	Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth		LC
23	Hygrophila thwaitesii (Benth.) Heine		CR(PE)	Brillantaisia thwaitesii (T. Anders.) Cramer is a synonym
24	Crossandra infundibuliformis (L.) Nees		LC
25	Dicliptera neesii (Trimen) Cramer		NT
26	Dicliptera foetida (Forssk.) Blatt.		VU	Dicliptera zeylanica Nees is a synonym
27	Ruellia patula Jacq		LC	Dipteracanthus patulus (Jacq.) Nees is a synonym
28	Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees	නිල් පුරුක්	LC
29	Dyschoriste nagchana (Nees) Bennet		LC	Dyschoriste depressa Nees is a synonym
30	Dyschoriste litoralis (L.f.) Nees		VU	Dyschoriste madurensis (Brum.f.) Kuntze is a synonym
31	Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen		LC
32	Elytraria acaulis (L.f.) Lindau		LC
33	Eranthemum capense L.		LC
34	Gymnostachyum ceylanicum Arn. & Nees		EN
35	Gymnostachyum hirsutum T.Anders.		EN
36	Gymnostachyum paniculatum T.Anders.		VU
37	Gymnostachyum sanguinolentum (Vahl) T. Anders.		VU
38	Gymnostachyum thwaitesii T. Anders.		CR(PE)
39	Hemiadelphis polysperma (Roxb.) Nees		EN
40	Hemigraphis latebrosa (Roth) Nees		DD
41	Hygrophila balsamica (L.f.) Raf.		LC
42	Hygrophila costata Nees		DD	Hygrophila helodes Heine is a synonym
43	Hygrophila ringens (L.) R. Br. ex Steud.	නිල් පුරුක්	LC
44	Hygrophila auriculata (Schumach.) Heine		LC	Hygrophila schulli (Buch.-Ham.) M. R. & S. N. Almeida is a synonym
45	Justicia adhathoda L.	Malabar Nut/ අගල් අධාර, වනේ පලා	LC
46	Justicia betonica L.	සුදු පුරුක්	LC
47	Justicia capitata (T.Anders. ex Hook.f.)Cramer		CR(PE)
48	Justicia ceylanica (Nees) T. Anders.		VU
49	Rostellularia diffusa (Willd.) Nees		LC	Justicia diffusa Willd. is a synonym
50	Justicia scandens Vahl		VU	Justicia glabra Koenig ex Roxb. is a synonym
51	Justicia hookeriana (Nees) T.Anders.		NT
52	Justicia procumbens L.	මයානි	LC
53	Justicia tubulosa (Nees) T.Anderson		EN	Justicia prostrata (Clarke) Gamble is a synonym
54	Rostellularia royeniana Nees		NT	Justicia royeniana (Nees) Clarke is a synonym
55	Justicia tranquebariensis L. f.		LC
56	Lepidagathis ceylanica Nees		CR(PE)
57	Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees		LC
58	Lepidagathis incurva Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don		CR	Lepidagathis hyalina Nees  is a synonym
59	Lepidagathis walkeriana Nees		EN
60	Monothecium aristatum (Wall. ex Nees) T.Anders.		EN
61	Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet		CR
62	Pseuderanthemum angustifolium Ridley		CR
63	Pseuderanthemum latifolium (Vahl) Hansen		NT
64	phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet		NT
65	Ptyssiglottis sanguinolenta (Vahl)B.Hansen		CR(PE)
66	Rhinacanthus flavovirens Amarasinghe & Wijesundara		VU
67	Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz	අනිත්ත	LC
68	Rhinacanthus polonnaruwensis Cramer		LC
69	Rungia apiculata Bedd.		CR(PE)	Rungia apiculata Beddome is a synonym
70	Rungia longifolia Nees	ගොඩ පුරුක්	VU
71	Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees		LC	Rungia parviflora (Retz.) Nees is a synonym
72	Rungia repens (L.) Nees	සුළු නයි	LC
73	Staurogyne zeylanica (Nees) Kuntze		CR(PE)
74	Stenosiphonium cordifolium (Vahl) Alston	බූ නෙළු	LC
75	Strobilanthes adenophora Nees		VU
76	Strobilanthes anceps Nees		LC
77	Strobilanthes arnottiana Nees		CR(PE)
78	Strobilanthes calycina Nees		LC
79	Strobilanthes caudata T.Anders.		EX
80	Strobilanthes deflexa T.Anders.		CR(PE)
81	Strobilanthes diandra (Nees) Alston		NT
82	Strobilanthes exserta C.B.Clarke		EN
83	Strobilanthes gardneriana (Nees)T.Anders.		CR(PE)
84	Strobilanthes habracanthoides J.R.I.Wood		EN
85	Strobilanthes helicoides (Nees)T.Anders.		EN
86	Strobilanthes hookeri Nees		LC
87	Strobilanthes hypericoides J.R.I.Wood		CR(PE)
88	Strobilanthes laxa T.Anders.		EN
89	Strobilanthes lupulina Nees		LC
90	Strobilanthes nigrescens T.Anders.		CR(PE)
91	Strobilanthes nockii Trimen		EN
92	Strobilanthes pentandra J.R.I.Wood		CR
93	Strobilanthes pulcherrima T.Anders.		LC
94	Strobilanthes punctata Nees		EN
95	Strobilanthes rhamnifolia (Nees) T.Anders.		CR
96	Strobilanthes rhytisperma C.B.Clarke		CR
97	Strobilanthes sexennis (Nees) T.Anders.		LC
98	Strobilanthes stenodon Clarke		EN
99	Strobilanthes thwaitesii T.Anders.		CR(PE)
100	Strobilanthes vestita Nees		EN
101	Strobilanthes viscosa (Arn. ex Nees) T.Anders.		LC
102	Strobilanthes walkeri Arn. ex Nees		NT
103	Strobilanthes willsii Canine		CR
104	Strobilanthes zeylanica T.Anders.		CR
105	Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.		LC
106	Thunbergia laevis Wall. ex Nees	සබන් පිච්ච	EN
Exotic Species
106	Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson			Asystasia intrusa (Forssk.) Blume is a synonym
107	Barleria cristata L.
108	Barleria lupulina Lindl.	රන්වන් කටු කරඩු
109	Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff.
110	Hemigraphis reptans (G.Forst.) T.Anderson ex Hemsl.
111	Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B.Sm.
112	Justicia gendarussa Burm.f.
113	Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Lindau	Brazilian Red Cloak
114	Meyenia hawtayneana Nees
115	Odontonema tubaeforme (Bertol.) Kuntze	Scarlet Fire Spike
116	Odontonema callistachyum (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze	Purple Fire Spike
117	Pachystachys coccinea (Aubl.) Nees	Cardinal's Guard
118	Pachystachys lutea Nees
119	Peristrophe japonica (Thunb.) Bremek.
120	Pseuderanthemum carruthersii (Seem.) Guillaumin			Pseuderanthemum reticulatum Radlk. & Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum (W.Bull) Radlk. are synonyms
121	Pseuderanthemum crenulatum (Wall. ex Lindl.) Radlk.	Blue crossandra		Pseuderanthemum graciliflorum (Nees) Ridl. Is a synonym
122	Ruellia tuberosa L.
123	Ruellia elegans Poir.
	Ruellia simplex	Mexican wild petunia/Desert petunia
124	Sanchezia spp.
125	Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Kuntze	Chinese Rain Bell/Vein Leaf Acanthus		Strobilanthes flaccidifolia Nees is a synonym
126	Strobilanthes hamiltoniana (Steud.) Bosser & Heine
127	Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson
128	Thunbergia coccinea Wall.
129	Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb.
130	Thunbergia laurifolia Lindl.
131	Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson
132	Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims	Black-eyed Susan