Category: Justicia

Justicia notha C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 537 1885. (Syn: Ecbolium nothum (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze);   Clarke ; stems simple glabrous, leaves sessile oblong white-setulose on the nerves beneath, bracts elliptic, sepals linear-oblong white-setulose upwards. Rostellularia simplex, Wight Ic. t. 1542 (not Justicia simplex, D. Don). India ? ; Herb. Wight. Stems 1 foot, slender, 4-5-angular. […]

Justicia japonica Thunb., Fl. Jap. 20 20 1784. (Syn. Justicia procumbens var. simplex (D. Don) Yamazaki; Justicia simplex D. Don; Rostellaria mollissima Nees; Rostellaria rotundifolia Nees; Rostellularia japonica (Thunb.) J.L. Ellis) ?; . ANSEPT03 Please identify this Acanthaceae herb : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Coorg 29th August 2014 this seems to be Justicia […]

Justicia plumbaginifolia J.Jacq., Ecl. Pl. Rar. 1: 20 1811. (Syn: Beloperone oblongata Nees; Beloperone oblongata Lindl.; Beloperone plumbaginifolia Nees; Beloperone plumbaginifolia var. angustifolia Nees; Beloperone plumbaginifolia var. macrophylla Nees; Dimanisa oblongata Raf.; Justicia amoena Mart. ex Nees (Unresolved); Justicia lateritia Willd. ex Nees (Unresolved); Justicia oblongata Link & Otto (Unresolved); Justicia phenicea Dum.Cours. (Unresolved));   Images by Anurag N […]

Justicia species ?;     08-01-2009 / 4:00 PM- Sathamangalam RF; 400msl;  can be Justicia betonica or Justicia peploides var. angustifolia (Justicia quinqueangularis J. Koenig ex Roxb)… Looks like Justicia diffusa…. Roustellaria species … Acanthaceae for id 170410MK2 – efloraofindia | Google Groups On 20/9/08 at KBR National Park in Hyderabad, AP; Rostellularia species? – […]

Justicia diffusa Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 87 87 1797. (syn: Rostellaria diffusa (Willd.) Nees); . Herbs. Leaves 4-5 x 3 cm, elliptic-ovate, apex subacute, base rounded; petiole to 1 cm. Spike axillary, to 6 cm; bracts and bracteoles to 2 cm, ovate, acute; calyx lobes to 4 mm, lanceolate, acute, subequal, margin ciliate; corolla ca […]

Justicia quinqueangularis J. Koenig ex Roxb., Fl. ind. 1:134. 1820; . Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Chhatarpur and Damoh By G. P. Roy, B. K. Shukla, Bhaskar Datt (Description & Keys- Justicia diffusa, simplex, quinqueangularis var. quinqueangularis, quinqueangularis var. peploides) . Justicia quinqueangularis is distributed in Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal. In India […]

Justicia glabra K.D.Koenig ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 132 1820. (Syn: Ecbolium abyssinicum Kuntze; Gendarussa abyssinica Hochst. ex Nees; Gendarussa dichotoma Hochst. ex Nees; Rhaphidospora abyssinica Nees (Unresolved); Rhaphidospora glabra (K.D.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees) ;   Images by N. Muthu Karthick (Indentified by P. Santhan & Gunadayalan Gnanasekaran) & Anurag N. Sharma (Inserted by J.M.Garg)   […]

Justicia trinervia Vahl, Enum. Pl. 1: 156 156 1804. (Syn: Adhatoda trinervia (Vahl) Nees; Dicliptera trinervia (Vahl) Juss.; Nicoteba trinervia (Vahl) Lindau); . Three Nerved Squirrel Tail • Marathi: लहान् अडुलसा Lahan Adulsa, Sut; . As per efi thread: J. trinervia and J. betonica are two distinct species: the former is generally a low-lying procumbent […]

Justicia pubigera (Nees) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 536 536 1885. (Syn: Justicia edgeworthii T. Anderson; Peristrophe pubigera Nees; Rhaphidospora ciliata Nees); . VoF Week : Peristrophe paniculata: Name of species : Peristrophe paniculata Family :  Acanthaceae Habit : Climber Habitat : Under forest canopy Date of click : 14th Aug`12 Location: Just before […]

Justicia candicans (Nees) L.D.Benson, Trees Shrubs Southw. Deserts ed. 3: 218 1981. (Syn: Adhatoda candicans Nees; Dianthera candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.; Dianthera candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl.; Ecbolium candicans (Nees) Kuntze; Jacobinia candicans (Nees) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hook. f. & B.D. Jacks.; Jacobinia candicans var. subglabra (S. […]

Justicia wynaadensis (Nees) Heyne ex T.And. as per India Biodiversity Portal ; . Justicia wynaadensis B.Heyne, Numer. List 2474 1830. (Unresolved) (syn: Adhatoda wynaadensis Nees; Ecbolium wynadense (B.Heyne) Kuntze; Gendarussa wynaadensis Nees) as per The Plant List Ver.1.1 ; . jus-TEE-see-ah — named for James Justice, Scottish botanist and horticulturist ¿ why-nad-EN-sis ? — of […]

Justicia pectinata L. (Syn. R. pectinata (L.) Nees in view of New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood (2014)); . Flowerless bracts mucronate often cuspidate flowering hairy for R.pectinata and flowerless bracts subobtuse for R. parviflora and spikes very dense, barren bracts ovate acute hardly longer than the fertile for R. muralis as per […]

Justicia heyneana J. R. I. Wood, nom, nov. (Replaced name: Rungia linifolia Nees, in Wall., non Justicia linifolia (Lindau) V. A. W. Graham, Rostellularia gracilis Wight, Justicia gracilis (Wight) T. Anderson, non Justicia gracilis Lyall ex Nees) as per New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A Journal for Botanical […]

Justicia repens L. (Syn. R. repens (L.) Nees) in view of New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood (2014));  . A procumbent much branched herb with oblong-lanceolate up to 5 cm long leaves; flowers in close one-sided spike with 4-farious bracts; corolla white with purple or rose spots.  . Rungia repens […]

Justicia tranquebariensis Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 131 1820. ;   Punnaku poodu (Tamil);    Wild Flower for ID-201109-RK-2 – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 2 images. Request ID of this wild flower-growing right next to stream. Pic taken in Gende Hosalli on 11-11-09. Justicia sp. Could this be Justicia tranquebariensis? Might be easier if whole habit pic […]

Justicia spicigera Schltdl, Linnaea 7: 395-396 395 1832. (syn: Drejera willdenowiana Nees; Jacobinia atramentaria (Benth.) S.F. Blake; Jacobinia mohintli (Nees) Hemsl.; Jacobinia scarlatina S.F. Blake; Jacobinia spicigera (Schltdl.) L.H. Bailey; Justicia atramentaria Benth.; Justicia liebmanii V.A.W. Graham; Justicia scarlatina (S.F. Blake) V.A.W. Graham; Sericographis mohintli Nees; Sericographis neglecta Oerst.); . Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, […]

Justicia santapaui Bennet, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67: 358 1970.; . Shrubs, branches terete or obtusely 4-angled, glabrous. Leaves 25-40 x 7-10 cm, oblanceolate, apex acute, base attenuate, glabrous, nerves 8 pairs, prominent; petiole 5-6 cm long. Spike 20 cm long, axillary, peduncled, simple or branched; bracts and bracteoles similar, 5 x 1.5 mm, […]

Id please: A small herb from Rajkot Most probably from Acanthaceae family Appears to be some species of Rungia. If the plant have spines….? any chance for Lepidagathis?? Its a wild guess..!!! To my knowlege in Rajkot area Justicia procumbens is quite common. Even the bracteoles are narrower. I too think that this a species […]

Justicia procumbens L. ?; . justicia procumbens hopefully. mm2 14102012: justicia procumbens hopefully looks like a white variety, would appreciate a confirmation last week at mahabeleshwar . 04072013 ASP 76 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please ID this medicinal herb with pink flowers. Photo was taken in a herbal garden in Oct […]

Justicia procumbens Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 15. 1753. (Syn: Ecbolium procumbens (Linnaeus) Kuntze; Justicia hayatae Yamamoto var. decumbens Yamamoto; J. procumbens var. hirsuta Yamamoto; J. procumbens var. linearifolia Yamamoto; Rostellularia procumbens (Linnaeus) Nees; R. procumbens var. hirsuta (Yamamoto) S. S. Ying; R. procumbens var. linearifolia (Yamamoto) S. S. Ying; R. trichochila Miquel.) as per Flora of […]