Contains 10 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
JUSTICIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 15. 1753, nom. cons. propos.
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TYPE: Justicia hyssopifolia Linnaeus, typ. cons. propos.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Justicia americana | AMERICAN WATERWILLOW | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Justicia angusta | PINELAND WATERWILLOW | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Justicia brandegeeana | SHRIMPPLANT | Not Native | ||
| Justicia comata | MARSH WATER-WILLOW | Not Native | ||
| Justicia crassifolia | THICKLEAF WATERWILLOW | Native Rare-State OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Justicia ovata var. lanceolata | LOOSEFLOWER WATERWILLOW | Native OBL (DEP) | ||
| Justicia ovata var. ovata | LOOSEFLOWER WATERWILLOW | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Justicia pectoralis | FRESHCUT | Not Native OBL (DEP) | ||
| Justicia pringlei | COOLEY'S WATERWILLOW; COOLEY'S JUSTICIA | Native Rare-State Endangered-US FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Justicia spicigera | MEXICAN HONEYSUCKLE; MOHINTLE | Not Native |
Identification Key
1. Bracts enlarged, foliaceous and overlapping, concealing flower buds
1. Bracts small, not foliaceous, not overlapping, not concealing flower buds
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2. Corolla orange, 3.5-5 cm long
2. Corolla white, pink, purple, to reddish, 0.8-3 cm long
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3. Stem densely pubescent and glandular
3. Stem glabrous to glabrate, eglandular
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4. Inflorescence a dense capitate spike, internodes not visible or scarcely apparent
4. Inflorescence an elongate spike or panicle, the internodes plainly apparent
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5. Inflorescence usually a panicle, the proximal internodes longer than the adjacent calyx
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5. Inflorescence a spike, the proximal internodes subequal to shorter than the adjacent calyx
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6. Inflorescence branches verticillate to subverticillate; corolla 2-6 mm long; fruit 4-5 mm long
6. Inflorescence branches opposite or alternate; corolla 8-9 mm long; fruit 7-8 mm long
7. Leaves narrowly lanceolate; corolla purple, 15-30 mm long
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7. Leaves lanceolate to ovate; corolla pale lavender to white, 8-13 mm long
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8. Leaves chartaceous
8. Leaves fleshy
9. Leaves narrowly lanceolate; flowers usually secund
9. Leaves lanceolate to ovate; flowers usually not secund
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adhatoda | Adhatoda Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. | TYPE: Adhatoda vasica Nees von Esenbeck (Justicia adhatoda Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Heine, Fl. Gabon 13: 173. 1966. | |
| Amphiscopia | Amphiscopia Nees von Esenbeck, in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 77, 112. 1832. | TYPE: Amphiscopia beyrichii Nees von Esenbeck | |
| Anisostachya | Anisostachya Nees von Esenbeck, in de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 368. 1847. | TYPE: Anisostachya bojeri Nees von Esenbeck | |
| Athlianthus | Athlianthus Endlicher, Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2. 63. 1842. | TYPE: Athlianthus spiciflorus Heynhold | |
| Beloperone | Beloperone Nees von Esenbeck, in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 76, 102. 1832. | TYPE: Beloperone amherstiae Nees von Esenbeck | |
| Beloperonides | Beloperonides Oersted, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoebnhavn 1854: 162. 1855. | TYPE: Beloperonides macrantha Oersted | |
| Calliaspidia | Calliaspidia Bremekamp, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Tweede Sect. 45(2): 54. 1948. | TYPE: Calliaspidia guttata (Brandegee) Bremekamp (Beloperone guttata Brandegee) | |
| Chaetochlamys | Chaetochlamys Lindau, Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 490. 1895. | TYPE: Chaetochlamys macrosiphon Lindau Lectotypified by Leonard, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 31: 659. 1958. | |
| Chaetothylax | Chaetothylax Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 9: 153, t. 26. 1847. | TYPE: Chaetothylax tocantinus Nees von Esenbeck | |
| Chaetothylopsis | Chattothylopsis Oersted, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoebnhavn 1854: 163. 1855. | TYPE: Chaetothylopsis micrantha Oersted | |
| Chiloglossa | Chiloglossa Oersted, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoebnhavn 1854: 160. 1855. | TYPE: Chiloglossa glabra Oersted | |
| Cyrtanthera | Cyrtanthera Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 9: 99, t. 14. 1847. | TYPE: Cyrtanthera magnifica Nees von Esenbeck (Lectotypified by Leonard, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 31; 650. 1958. | |
| Cyrtantherella | Cyrtantherella Oersted, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoebnhavn 1854: 148. 1855. | TYPE: Cyrtantherella macrantha (Bentham) Oersted (Justicia macrantha Bentham) | |
| Dianthera | Dianthera Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 27. 1753. | TYPE: Dianthera americana Linnaeus | |
| Dimanisa | Dimanisa Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 83. 1837 ("1836"). | TYPE: Dimanisa latifolia Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Justicia nodosa Hooker) Lectotypified by Bremekamp, Index Nom. Gen. 1: 540. 1979. | |
| Diplanthera | Diplanthera Gleditsch, Syst. Pl. 154. 1764. | TYPE: = Dianthera Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Diplanthera | Diplanthera Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac. t. 62. 1821, non Gleditsch 1764, nec Du Petit-Thouars 1806, nec Banks & Solander ex R. Brown 1810. | TYPE: Diplanthera formosa Schrank | |
| Drejerella | Drejerella Lindau, in Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 222. 1900. | TYPE: Drejerella origanoides (Nees von Esenbeck) Lindau (Adhatoda origanoides Nees von Esenbeck) Lectotypified by V. A. W. Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 607. 1988. | |
| Ecbolium | Ecbolium Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 486. 1891. | TYPE: = Justicia Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Ecbolium | Ecbolium Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40: 75. 1875. | TYPE: Ecbolium linnaeanum Kurz (Justicia ecbolium Linnaeus) | |
| Emularia | Emularia Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 63. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Justicia peruviana Lamarck Lectotypified by V. A. W. Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 604. 1988. | |
| Gendarussa | Gendarussa Nees von Esenbeck, in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 76, 103. 1832. | TYPE: Gendarussa vulgaris Nees von Esenbeck (Justicia gandarussa Linnaeus) Lectotypified by V. A. W. Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 587. 1988. | |
| Harnieria | Harnieria Solms-Laubach, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1864: 21. 1864. | TYPE: Harnieria dimorphocarpa Solms-Laubach | |
| Hemichoriste | Hemichoriste Nees von Esenbeck, in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 76, 102. 1832. | TYPE: Hemichoriste montana Nees von Esenbeck | |
| Ixtlania | Ixtlania M. E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 15: 151. 1929. | TYPE: Ixtlania acicularis M. E. Jones | |
| Jacobinia | Jacobinia Nees von Esenbeck, in Moricand, Pl. Nouv. Amer. 156. 1847 ("1846"). | TYPE: Jacobinia lepida Nees von Esenbeck | |
| Jungia | Jungia Boehmer, in Ludwig, Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3. 92. 1760, non Heister ex Fabricius 1759. | TYPE: = Dianthera Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Leptostachya | Leptostachya Nees von Esenbeck, in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 76, 105. 1832, non Leptostachia Adanson 1763. | TYPE: Leptostachya virgata Nees von Esenbeck Lectotypified by V. A. W. Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 588. 1988. | |
| Libonia | Libonia K. Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Befoerd. Gartenbaues Koenigl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 266. 1863, non Lemaire 1852. | TYPE: Libonia floribunda K. Koch | |
| Neohallia | Neohallia Hemsley, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 519. 1882. | TYPE: Neohallia borrerae Hemsley | |
| Odontonema | Odontonema Nees von Esenbeck ex Endlicher, Gen. Pl., suppl. 2. 63. 1842, nom. rej. vs. Odontonema Nees von Esenbeck 1842. | TYPE: Odontonema lucidum (Andrews) Nees von Esenbeck (Justicia lucida Andrews) | |
| Petalanthera | Petalanthera Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 100. 1837 ("1836"), non Nees von Esenbeck & Martius 1833, nec Nuttall 1834. | TYPE: Petalanthera punctata Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Justicia ventricosa Hooker) | |
| Plagiacanthus | Plagiacanthus Nees von Esenbeck, in de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 335. 1847. | TYPE: Plagiacanthus racemosus (Ruiz Lopez & Pavon) Nees von Esenbeck (Justicia racemosa Ruiz Lopez & Pavon) | |
| Psacadocalymma | Psacadocalymma Bremekamp, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Tweede Sect. 45(2): 55. 1948. | TYPE: Psacadocalymma comatum (Linnaeus) Bremekamp (Justicia comata Linnaeus) | |
| Rostellaria | Rostellaria Nees von Esenbeck, in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 76, 100. 1832, non C. F. Gaertner 1807. | TYPE: Rostellaria procumbens (Linnaeus) Nees von Esenbeck (Justicia procumbens Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Bremekamp, Index Nom. Gen. 1/01967. 1955. = Rostellularia Reichenbach 1837. | |
| Rostellularia | Rostellularia Reichenbach, Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 190. 1837. | TYPE: Rostellularia procumbens (Linnaeus) Nees von Esenbeck (Justicia procumbens Linnaeus) Substitute name for Rostellaria Nees von Esenbeck 1832, non C. F. Gaertner 1807. | |
| Sarotheca | Sarotheca Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 9: 113, t. 18. 1847. | TYPE: Sarotheca elegans Nees von Esenbeck | |
| Sericographis | Sericographis Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 9: 107, t. 16. 1847. | TYPE: Sericographis rigida Nees von Esenbeck 1847. Lectotypified by Leonard, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 31: 650. 1958. | |
| Siphonoglossa | Siphonoglossa Oersted, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoebnhavn 1854: 159. 1855. | TYPE: Siphonoglosa ramosa Oersted | |
| Stethoma | Stethoma Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 61. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Stethoma pectoralis (Jacquin) Rafinesque (Justicia pectoralis Jacquin) | |
| Tabascina | Tabascina Baillon, Hist. Pl. 10: 445. 1891. | TYPE: Tabascina lindenii Baillon | |
| Thalestris | Thalestris Rizzini, Dusenia 3: 189. 1952. | TYPE: Thalistris graminiformis Rizzini | |
| Tyloglossa | Tyloglossa Hochstetter, Flora 26: 72. 1843. | TYPE: Tyloglossa palustris Hochstetter Lectotypified by V. A. W. Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 590. 1988. | |
| XSericobonia | XSericobonia Andre, Ill. Hort. 22: 39, pl. 198. 1875. | TYPE: Libonia K. Koch x Sericographis Nees von Esenbeck |