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Gendarussa variegata

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Name

Identification
Justicia betonica L. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Justicia trinervia Vahl [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B., Gendarussa variegata Hochst. [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Justicia betonica
  • Adhatoda variegata
  • Gendarussa variegata
  • Justicia trinervia

Flora

Entry for JUSTICIA trinervia Vahl [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
JUSTICIA trinervia Vahl [family ACANTHACEAE], Enum. i. 156. —C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 526.
JUSTICIA Betonica T. Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 510.
Adhatoda trinervia Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 386.
Adhatoda variegata Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 385; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 154; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 104.
Nicoteba trinervia Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 329.
Gendarussa variegata Hochst. ex Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 385.
Information
Small, procumbent, nearly glabrous. Leaves 1 1/2 by 1/3 in., oblong-elliptic, obtuse, sessile. Spikes 1 1/2 by 1/2 in., flexuose; bracts 1/4– 1/3 in. long, ovate, acute, green-veined. Flowers rather smaller than those of J. Betonica .
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Sana; on dry hills near Dochli, Schimper, 516!
Distribution (external)
Southern India

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