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Justicia tobagensis

Justicia tobagensis
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0
Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Native range
Tobago
Climate
wet tropical

About

Justicia tobagensis is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago. The species is only known from two areas in the Main Ridge of Tobago. It was first described as Drejerella tobagensis by German botanist Ignatz Urban in his Symbolae Antillanae, based on a collection made by Danish botanist Henrik von Eggers.

In 1995 American botanist Dieter C. Wasshausen proposed a new combination, Justicia tobagensis, which reflected the predominant view that the genus Drejerella is actually a part of the genus Justicia.

Other Justicia plants

Justicia triloba · Malabar Nut · Justicia alexandri · Justicia alpina · Orange Flame Justicia · Justicia austroguangxiensis · Shrimpplant · Justicia breedlovei · Justicia bridsoniana · Justicia burchellii · Beloperone · Justicia camerunensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Justicia tobagensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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