Category: Justicia

Justicia scheidweileri V. A. W. Grah., Kew Bull. 43: 617 (1988) (syn: Amphiscopia serpens Nees; Dianthera lanceolata (Scheidw. ex Hook.) Har.; Justicia serpens (Nees) V.M.Badillo; Porphyrocoma lanceolata Scheidw. ex Hook.; Porphyrocoma serpens (Nees) Lindau); . SE. Brazil as per POWO; , SK 3546 05 June 2022: 5 very high res. images. Location: Kew, London, UK Altitude: 19 m. Date: 04 April 2022 Habit : […]

ID help: small purple acanthaceae: 4 images. Bhopal; black soil; 14/11/2021 Justicia concinna J.R.I.Wood Can you post a habit image? There is some chance for Justicia repens also.  

A new subspecies of Rungia longifolia from Southern Western Ghats: 1 pdf attachment. 108-111.pdf Great work, Santhosh ji In efi, we have moved all Rungia species to Justicia, e.g. as in CoL, based on JRI Wood 2014, Novon 23(3): 388 What to do with this one as you have still treated it under Rungia ? Yes, you […]

Justicia concinna?; . Rungia Sp??141110-PKA1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (7) Came across this herb near Gadeshwar (Panvel). I could see only one flower on a bit long spike (8 to 10cm). Flowers looks like those of “Rungia repens“. Date / Time: 13-11-2010 / 05:40PM Location: Gadeshwar near Panvel (Maharashtra). […]

Justicia adhatodoides (Nees) V.A.W.Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 584 1988. (syn: Adhatoda duvernoia C.B.CI.; Duvernoia adhatodoides E.Mey. ex Nees); South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.) as per Catalogue of Life;   Plants From Australia 2018:: Justicia adhatodoides-NS April 2020-35 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) This was recorded from RBG Sydney.. It looks remarkably […]

Justicia floribunda (C. Koch) Wassh., Darwiniana 35: 151 1998. (syn: Ecbolium pauciflorum (Nees) Kuntze; Jacobinia pauciflora (Nees) Benth. & Hook.fil.; Jacobinia pauciflora (Nees) Lindau; Justicia pauciflora (Nees) Griseb. (ambiguous synonym); Justicia rizzinii D.C.Wassh.; Libonia floribunda C.Koch; Sericographis pauciflora Nees; Sericographis pauciflora var. speciosior Nees);     SE-Brazil (Sao Paulo), Argentina (Misiones), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, […]

Rungia muralis Royle ex Nees,  Prodr. 11: 470 1847. (syn: Rungia parviflora var. muralis (Nees) C. B. Clarke); . India (throughout) as per Catalogue of Life; . Herbs. Leaves 3-5 x 2 cm, ovate-elliptic, apex acute, membranous. Spike to 2 cm, dense, terminal and axillary, barren bract 4-5 x 2.5 mm, ovate, acute, fertile 3.5-4.5 x […]

Justicia simplex D. Don,  Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 118 1825. (syn: Dianthera ciliata Blanco; Ecbolium simplex (D. Don) Kuntze; Justicia mollissima Wall.; Justicia procumbens var. simplex (D.Don) Yamazaki; Rostellaria mollissima Nees; Rostellularia magnifolia Bremek.; Rostellularia mollissima (Nees) Nees; Rostellularia procumbens var. simplex (D. Don) T. Yamaz.; Rostellularia pumila Hochst. ex Nees); . India (throughout), Himalaya, peninsular Malaysia […]

Justicia championii T. Anderson, Fl. Hongk. 264 1861. (syn: Adhatoda chinensis (Benth.) Champ.; Calophanoides chinensis (Benth.) C.Y. Wu & H.S. Lo; Dicliptera cyclostegia Hand.-Mazz.; Ecbolium championii Kuntze; Justicia chinensis (Benth.) Druce (ambiguous synonym); Justicia chinensis (Benth.) Q.H.Chen (ambiguous synonym));   China (Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hongkong, Hainan, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan) as per Catalogue […]

Justicia adhatoda ?; . Fwd: MS/3/2/2018 ID of the tree. : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 7 MB. Please help me to ID the tree. Only foliage is seen. When and where?  I clicked it yesterday evening in Mysore. I will send better photographs in another few days time, as the present one is […]

Justicia diffusa var. hedyotidifolia (Nees) C.B. Clarke (syn: Justicia hedyotidifolia (Wall. ex Nees) Remadevi (ambiguous synonym); Justicia hedyotidifolia Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Rostellaria hedyotidifolia Wall. ex Nees; Rostellularia diffusa var. hedyotidifolia (Nees) C.Y.Wu (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia diffusa var. hedyotidifolia (Nees) G.R. Kumari (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia diffusa var. hedyotidifolia (Nees) J.L. Ellis (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia hedyotidifolia Wall. […]

Justicia vasculosa (Nees) T.Anders. (Syn: Adhatoda vasculosa (Wall. ex Nees) Nees; Ecbolium vasculosum (Wall. ex Nees) Kuntze; Gendarussa vasculosa Wall. ex Nees; Justicia vasculosa Wall.; Mananthes vasculosa (Nees) Bremek.; Ruellia rivinifolia Wall.; Ruellia riviniifolia Wall.); . Perennial undershrub 0.6-1m. Stems glabrous. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 5-20 x 2-8cm, shortly acuminate, attunate at base, glabrous; petiole 1-5cm, glabrous. […]

Justicia sivadasanii C. N. Sunil, K. M. Prabhukumar, V. V. Naveen Kumar, V. S. Hareesh, E. C. Baiju- Kew Bulletin December 2015, 70:55; A new species of Justicia from Kerala : 15 posts by 12 authors. Please go through the link http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12225-015-9600-y Congratulations …! Another feather in your hat! References: Justicia sivadasanii (Acanthaceae): a striking […]

Justicia vahlii Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 14 1821. (Syn: Justicia diffusa var. vahlii (Roth) C.B.Clarke; Justicia vahlii var. vahlii ; Rostellaria vahlii (Roth) Nees; Rostellularia vahlii (Roth) Nees; Rostellularia vahlii var. rupicola J.L.Ellis); India and Pakistan (from Flora of Pakistan) Stout, much branched annual herbs, rootstock somewhat woody; stem quandrangular, pubescent. Leaves opposite, 2.5-4 x […]

 Justicia parviflora ?;   Please identify : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Herb from Kozhikode, Kerala i suspect that it is Rungia sp. (may be R. parviflora) efi page on Justicia parviflora (Syn. R. parviflora (Retz.) Nees)

Justicia prostrata (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) Gamble, Fl. Madras 1081 1924.  (Syn: Justicia diffusa var. prostrata Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.; Rostellularia diffusa var. prostrata (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) H.S.Lo (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia diffusa var. prostrata (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) J.L.Ellis (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia prostrata (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) K.K.N. Nair […]

Justicia glauca ?;   Identification of Scrophulariacea member images 65,66 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) please identify the  photos of Scrophulariacea member Justicia glauca Rottler is listed in the flora of Bombay presidency, bracts orbicular, 1/4 inch dia   Fwd: Plants photograph for Identification : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) – […]

Justicia fulvicoma Schltdl. & Cham., Linnaea 6: 369 1831. (syn: Beloperone blechioides Lindau; Beloperone comosa Nees; Beloperone fulvicoma (Schltdl. & Cham.) A.W.Hill; Drejerella comosa (Nees) Lindau; Drejerella fulvicoma (Schltdl. & Cham.) Lindau); . As per efi thread: Inflorescence is drooping in J. brandegeeana, up to 15 cm long, bracts more colorful, in J. fulvicoma inflorescence […]

Justicia concinna J. R. I. Wood (Replaced name: Rungia elegans Dalzell in Dalzell & Gibson, Bombay Fl. 196. 1861, non Justicia elegans P. Beauv.) as per New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 23(3):385-395. 2014; . Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson, Bombay Fl. 196 1861. (Syn: Diapedium elegans (Dalzell & […]

Justicia crenatifolia J. R. I. Wood, nom. nov. (Replaced name: Rungia crenata T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 518. 1867, non Justicia crenata Pohl ex Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle]) as per New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 23(3):385-395. 2014; . […]