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Justicia verticillaris

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Identification
Justicia verticillaris L.f. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Sol. ex Roem. & Schult. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Justicia leucotricha
  • Jacobinia tomentosa
  • Justicia verticillaris
  • Hypoestes aristata

Flora

Entry for HYPOESTES verticillaris R. Br. [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
HYPOESTES verticillaris R. Br. [family ACANTHACEAE], Prod. 474, in Obs.;—Nees in Linnæa, xv. 376, in DC. Prod. xi. 507; Krauss in Flora, 1845, 70; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn Soc. vii. 48; Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 63, t. 2, fig. 73, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 332, 333, fig. 134 A-C, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 371; Rolfe in Oates, Matabeleland, ed. ii. 406; C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 250; Schinz in Mém. Herb. Boiss. x. 64.
HYPOESTES polymorpha E. Meyer [family ACANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 123, 159, 193.
HYPOESTES clinopodia Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in DC. Prod. xi. 508, fide T. Anders. l.c.
Justicia verticillaris Linn. f. [family ACANTHACEAE], Suppl. 85; Thunb. Prod. 104, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 479.
Dicliptera verticillaris Juss. [family ACANTHACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Paris, ix. (1807) 268.
Information
more or less hairy; branches 1–3 ft. long; leaves 2 1/2 by 1 in., elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes larger, wavy-crenate on the margins, narrowed at either end; petioles 1/4– 3/4 in. long; spikelets in axillary clusters or more often the short peduncle carrying an oblong or linear spike of clusters; 2 outer bracts to each spikelet connate at the base into a distinct tube, 1/3 in. in total length, pubescent or hairy, the free tips narrowly oblong; corolla 1/3– 1/2 in. long; capsule 1/4– 1/3 in. long, smooth, often 2-seeded. null
Range
Abundant in Tropical Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Somerset East, 2000 ft., Bolus, 298! Bowker! Bruintjes Hoogte, on the lower part, Burchell, 2987!COAST REGION Caledon Div.; Hang Klip, Mund & Maire! Swellendam Div.! in moist situations, Bowie! George Div.; near George, Drège! Humansdorp Div.; by the Kabeljouws River, Bolus, 2424! Uitenhage Div.; Grassrug, near Uitenhage, Baur! and without precise locality, Ecklon & Zeyher, 78! Pappe! Masson! Tredgold, 28! Rehmann! Albany Div.; Grahamstown, Bunbury! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1540! Atherstone, 41! East London Div.; sea coast, Galpin, 1880! King Williams Town Div.; 1500 ft., Tyson, 1016! Cathcart Div.; Windvogel Mountain near Goshen, 3500 ft., Baur, 931!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 167! Natal; near Durban, Drège! near Byrne, Wood, 1818! Inanda, Wood, 874! Pietermaritzburg, Oates! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1270! Cooper, 3033! Zululand; Entumeni, Wood, 3968! Delagoa Bay, Junod, 380.KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony; Vaal River, Burke! Transvaal; Apies Poort, near Pretoria, Rehmann, 4106! Barberton, 3000 ft., Galpin, 957! between Spitz Kop and Komati River, Wilms, 1198!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Zeyher, 1397!
Notes
Nees cites “ Hypoestes clinopodia, E. Meyer in Cat. Pl. Drège, a 1837.” I find no such Hypoestes in Drège's book of 1843. Nees (as usual) omits to cite the page. The Hypoestes clinopodia cited by Nees is not an error for Justicia clinopodia, E. Meyer, which is a dissimilar plant, referred by Nees himself to Dicliptera. Moreover, T. Anderson in reducing the Hypoestes clinopodia, Nees, says that his was the plant collected by Drège.

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