Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Scrophulariales (79)
Family: Acanthaceae (25)(family description)
Genus: Strobilanthes (2)
Epithet: wallichii Nees (4)
Synonym: Pteracanthus alatus (Nees) Bremek.
alatus => winged, with wings
wallichii => in honor of Dr. Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854), Danish surgeon and botanist who worked in India