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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Justicia

Malabar nut
Mexican honeysuckle
beloperone
chuperosa
freshcut
mohintli
red justica
shrimpplant
squirrel's tail
water-willow

Hierarchical position of the Genus Justicia

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lamianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead
pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.
  
   Subordo  Acanthineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 186. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Acanthaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 102. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Acanthus
  
   Subfamilia  Justicioideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 729. Jun 1835.
  
   Tribus  Justicieae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 23. 1829.
  
   Subtribus  Justiciinae Nees in Wall.
pub. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 76. 15 Aug 1832.
  
   Genus  Justicia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: water-willow
  

Named members of the Genus Justicia

1
   Species  adhatoda L.
common name: Malabar nut
2
   Species  americana (L.) Vahl
 
3
   Varietas  subcoriacea Fern.
syn. Justicia americana
4
   Species  angusta (Chapman) Small
common name: pineland water-willow
5
   Species  assurgens L.
syn. Dicliptera sexangularis
6
   Species  betonica L.
common name: squirrel's tail
7
   Species  borinquensis Britt.
common name: Monte Cerrote water-willow
8
   Species  brachiata Pursh
syn. Dicliptera brachiata
9
   Species  brandegeeana Wasshausen & L.B. Sm.
common name: shrimpplant
  
10
   Species  brunelloides Lam.
syn. Nelsonia canescens
11
   Species  californica (Benth.) D. Gibson
common name: beloperone, chuperosa, chuparosa  (Spanish)
  
12
   Species  candicans (Nees) L. Benson
common name: Arizona water-willow, red justica
  
13
   Species  carthagenensis Jacq.
common name: woodland water-willow
14
   Species  comata (L.) Lam.
common name: marsh water-willow
15
   Species  cooleyi Monachino & Leonard
common name: Cooley's water-willow
16
   Species  crassifolia (Chapman) Chapman ex Small
common name: thickleaf water-willow
17
   Species  culebritae Urban
common name: Culebrita Island water-willow
18
   Species  echioides L.
syn. Andrographis echioides
19
   Species  gangetica L.
syn. Asystasia gangetica
20
   Species  humilis Michx.
syn. Justicia ovata var. ovata
21
   Species  imbricata Vahl
syn. Elytraria imbricata
22
   Species  laetevirens Buckl.
syn. Yeatesia viridiflora
23
   Species  lanceolata (Chapman) Small
syn. Justicia ovata var. lanceolata
24
   Species  martinicensis Jacq.
syn. Dicliptera martinicensis
25
   Species  martinsoniana Howard
common name: Puerto Rico water-willow
26
   Species  mirabiloides Lam.
common name: West Indian water-willow
27
   Species  mortuifluminis Fern.
syn. Justicia americana
28
   Species  nitida Jacq.
syn. Odontonema nitidum
29
   Species  ovata (Walt.) Lindau
 
30
   Varietas  angusta (Chapman) R.W. Long
syn. Justicia angusta
31
   Varietas  lanceolata (Chapman) R.W. Long
common name: looseflower water-willow
32
   Varietas  ovata
common name: looseflower water-willow
33
   Species  pectoralis Jacq.
common name: freshcut
34
   Species  periplocifolia auct. non Jacq.
syn. Justicia sphaerosperma
35
   Species  resupinata Vahl
syn. Dicliptera resupinata
36
   Species  runyonii Small
common name: Runyon's water-willow
37
   Species  sessilis Jacq.
syn. Siphonoglossa sessilis
38
   Species  sonorae Wasshausen
common name: Sonoran water-willow
39
   Species  sphaerosperma Vahl.
common name: tropical water-willow
40
   Species  spicigera Schlect.
common name: mohintli, Mexican honeysuckle
  
41
   Species  spinosa Jacq.
syn. Oplonia spinosa
42
   Species  umbratilis Fern.
syn. Justicia americana
43
   Species  verticillaris (Nees) Urban
syn. Justicia martinsoniana
44
   Species  warnockii B.L. Turner
common name: Warnock's water-willow
45
   Species  wrightii Gray
common name: Wright's water-willow

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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