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Justicia prostrata

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Name

Identification
Justicia prostrata Schltdl. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by D. F. L. v. Schlechtendal,
Related name
  • Justicia prostrata
  • Justicia pulegioides
  • Justicia protracta

Flora

Entry for SIPHONOGLOSSA tubulosa Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
SIPHONOGLOSSA tubulosa Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 338
Justicia tubulosa E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 150, 196; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 41.
Justicia suffruticosa E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 153, 196.
Justicia leptantha Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl.& Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B, 349.
Justicia prostrata Schlechtend. ex Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 390.
Gendarussa leptantha Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Linnæa, xv. 372.
Rhinacanthus tubulosus Presl [family ACANTHACEAE], Bot. Bemerk. 95.
Adhatoda tubulosa Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 392.
Adhatoda leptantha Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 390.
Information
minutely and thinly hairy; branches 6–12 in. long, weak; leaves 1 3/4 by 3/4 in., elliptic, narrowed at both ends, thin; petiole 1/4– 3/4 in. long; flowers few, scattered, in the upper axils; bracts and bracteoles inconspicuous; calyx-segments 1/6 in. long, linear; corolla-tube 3/4 by 1/20 in., slightly widened upwards; lips 1/4 in. long, with rounded lobes; one anther-cell much below the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid, stopples 2, tubercles none or most obscure; capsule 1/4– 1/3 by 1/10 in., glabrate, 4-seeded. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Alexandria Div.; Bushman River, Ecklon.EASTERN REGION Pondoland; St. Johns River, 1000 ft., Drège! between St. Johns River and Umtsikaba River, under 1000 ft., Drège! Griqualand East; Zuur Berg Mountains, near Kokstad, 4000 ft., Tyson, 1700! 5000–6000 ft., Tyson, 1166!
Notes
The plant meant by Schinz (Mém. Herb. Boiss. x. 64) is doubtful, as he appears to have confused the prostrata of Nees with the protracta of T. Anderson.

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