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Justicia pulegioides

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Name

Identification
Justicia pulegioides E. Mey. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by E. H. F. Meyer,
Related name
  • Justicia prostrata
  • Justicia pulegioides
  • Adhatoda protracta
  • Gendarussa protracta
  • Monechma ciliatum
  • Thyloglossa protracta
  • Justicia protracta
  • Chaetacanthus persoonii
  • Tyloglossa protracta

Flora

Entry for JUSTICIA pulegioides E. Meyer [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
JUSTICIA pulegioides E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 151, 156, 196
JUSTICIA convexa E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 155, 195, fide Nees. J. protracta, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 41 partly; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 349.
JUSTICIA protracta T. Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 41 partly; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 349.
Gendarussa protracta Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Linnæa, xv. 371; Drège in Linnæa, xx. 200.
Gendarussa prunellæfolia Hochst. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Flora, 1845, 71.
Chætacanthus Persoonii Nees var. a [family ], in Linnæa, xv. 356, and in DC. Prod. xi. 462 partly; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 23 partly (?).
Adhatoda protracta Nees var. β [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 390; Sonder in Linnæa, xxiii. 94.
Adhatoda protracta Nees var. γ [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 390; Sonder in Linnæa, xxiii. 94.
Adhatoda protracta Nees var. δ [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 390; Sonder in Linnæa, xxiii. 94.
Information
sparingly pubescent, or frequently nearly glabrous except the flowers; branches 4–12 in. long, slender, but woody; leaves on the ultimate branches about 1/4 in. (rarely more than 1/2 in.) long, elliptic, obtuse, very shortly petioled, internodes 1/4 in. long and on the main branches of the same plant internodes 1 1/2 in. with leaves 1 in. long occur; flowers solitary, axillary, scattered; calyx-segments 1/6 in. long, narrowly linear; corolla 1/3– 1/2 in. long, white marked with rose or purple; one anther-cell clearly lower than the other, tailed; capsule 1/3 in. long, hardly 1/8 in. broad, glabrous, 4-seeded. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; at Commadagga, Burchell, 3300! Var. β: Alexandria Div.; on the rocks of Zwartwater Poort, Burchell, 3364! 3405!COAST REGION Uitenhage Div., Ecklon & Zeyher, 436! Komgha Div.; Komgha, 2000 ft., Flanagan, 725!EASTERN REGION Pondoland; between St. Johns River and Umtsikaba River, 1000–2000 ft., Drège! Natal; borders of woods around Durban Bay, Krauss, 304! Inanda, Wood, 309! 718! Durban Flats, Wood in MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust-Afr., 1019! and without precise locality, Peddie! Sanderson, 433! Grant!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Houtbosch Rand, 4500 ft., Schlechter, 3324!
Notes
Krauss, 304, is a fine and typical example of this species, and is written up by Nees' hand as his Chætacanthus Persoonii α. The var. β, late-ovata, is probably specifically distinct, the leaves being very unlike in structure to those of any other plant referred to J. pulegioides.

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