Hypoestes

The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Native to:
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:
Mauritius, Rodrigues

Introduced into:
Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Norfolk Is., Panamá, Paraguay