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Justicia schimperiana

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Name

Identification
Gendarussa schimperiana Hochst. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Adhatoda schimperiana Nees [family ACANTHACEAE ] Justicia schimperiana T.Anderson [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Gendarussa schimperiana
  • Adhatoda schimperiana
  • Adhatoda rostellaria
  • Tyloglossa schimperi
  • Justicia schimperiana

Flora

Entry for JUSTICIA schimperiana (Nees) T. Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Hedrén (Asystasia, Barleria, Duosperma, Hypoestes, Ichthyostoma, Isoglossa, Justicia, Lepidagathis, Peristrophe, Ruellia, Ruspolia) and M. Thulin (Acanthus, Anisotes, Blepharis, Crabbea, Crossandra, Dicliptera, Dyschoriste, Ecbolium, Elytraria, Megalochlamys, Neuracanthus, Rhinacanthus, Ruttya, Satanocrater, Thunbergia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
JUSTICIA schimperiana (Nees) T. Anders. [family ACANTHACEAE], (1863);
Adhatoda schimperiana Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], (1847). [type as above]
Information
Perennial herb or shrub, up to 0.8–3 m tall. Leaf-blades lanceolate, up to at least 12 x 5 cm, sparsely pubescent with c. 0.3 mm long hairs especially along veins, apex acute, base shortly attenuate; petiole up to c. 3 cm long. Inflorescences dense apical and subapical spikes, 8–12 cm long; bracts broadly ovate with broad whitish hyaline margins, c. 14–16 x 10–12 mm; bracteoles similar, slightly smaller. Calyx-lobes 5, pale green with green veins, densely pubescent with c. 0.1 mm long glandular hairs; upper lobe lanceolate-subulate, up to 10.5–12 x 2.7–4 mm; 4 lower lobes narrowly triangular-subulate, up to 10.5–12 x 1.3–1.7 mm. Corolla white, 28–31 mm long; tube 9–10 mm long; upper lip 19–24 mm long; lower lip 18–18.5 mm long and 11.5–14 mm wide. Anthers dark, c. 5–5.5 mm long, cells displaced by 1.4–1.8 mm, tail of lower cell c. 0.1–0.2 mm long. Capsule greenish yellow, up to 19–20 x 5–5.5 mm, sterile in lower 2/5–1/2, 4-seeded, densely pubescent with c. 0.2 mm long spreading thin hairs. Seeds finely tuberculate, pale brown, up to 3.8 x 3.2 mm.
Range
N1; S3
Altitude range
40–1470 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett, Hemming & Watson 25179; Gillett 4594; Bally 9970.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Kenya
Tanzania

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