Justicia warnockii

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

Description

Family Acanthaceae

The Acanthaceae are mostly herbs or shrubs comprising about 250 genera and 2,500 species, including twining forms. The leaves are simple , opposite and decussate; stipules are lacking. The flowers are bisexual , zygomorphic, and usually are associated with conspicuous , often brightly colored bracts. The calyx is usually deeply 4-5 lobed or sometimes is highly reduced with more numerous minute teeth. The corolla is sympetalous , usually 5-merous, mostly zygomorphic, and commonly 2 lipped. The androecium usually consists of 4 didynamous stamens or only 2 stamens adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes . The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 carpels, a single style, and a superior ovary with 2 locules, each with usually 2-10 axile ovules in one or two collateral vertical tiers . An annular nectary disk is usually found around the base of the ovary. The fruit is commonly an elastically dehiscent loculicidal capsule. The seed stalk or funiculus of each seed is modified into a hook shaped jaculator or retinaculum that functions in flinging out the seeds during dehiscence. -- Gerald Carr.

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Justicia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1022 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

J. abeggii · J. abnormis · J. acanthifolia · J. acanthoides · J. acaulis · J. acicularis · J. acinoides · J. ackermanni · J. acuminata · J. acuminatissima · J. acuta · J. acutangula · J. acutifolia · J. adenothyrsa · J. adhadota · J. adhatoda (Malabar-Nut-Tree) · J. adhatodoides · J. adnata · J. adscendens · J. aequalis · J. aequilabris · J. aequiloculata · J. aethes · J. aethiopica · J. afromontana · J. agria · J. ajugoides · J. alainii · J. alata · J. alba · J. albadenia · J. albiflora · J. albobractea · J. albobracteata · J. albomarginata · J. alboreticulata · J. albovelata · J. alboviridis · J. alexandri · J. allenii · J. allocota · J. almedae · J. alopecuroidea · J. alpina · J. alsinoides · J. alsophila · J. alternifolia · J. amabilis · J. amanda · J. amazonica · J. amblyosepala · J. americana (American Water Willow) · J. amherstia · J. amieuensis · J. amoena · J. amygdalina · J. anabasa · J. anagallis · J. anagalloides · J. andamanica · J. andersonii · J. andongensis · J. andromeda · J. androsaemifolia · J. angusta (Pineland Water-Willow) · J. angustata · J. angustibracteata · J. angustiflora · J. angustifolia · J. anisacanthus · J. anisophylla · J. anisotoides · J. ankaratrensis · J. ankazobensis · J. annua · J. anselliana · J. antidota · J. antirrhina · J. antsingensis · J. aphelandroides · J. appendiculata · J. appressa · J. aquatica · J. arborea · J. arborescens · J. arbuscula · J. archeri · J. arcuata · J. ardens · J. arenicola · J. areysiana · J. argyrostachya · J. arida · J. aridicola · J. aristata · J. aristeguietae · J. armata · J. arrabidae · J. arvensis · J. ascendens

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Notes

Contributors

• African Regional Workshop (Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe) 1998. Pericopsis elata. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Barneby RC & Forero E, 1994/1995 (from ILDIS).
• Barneby RC & Grimes JW (Monograph 1996/97), 2001-05 (from ILDIS).
• Barneby RC and Forero E, 1994/1995 (from ILDIS).
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
• Carr, Gerald
• Chappill J, 2001-06 (from ILDIS).
• Cristofolini G, 2001-06 (from ILDIS).
• Fautin, Daphne G. (from Hexacorallians of the World).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Nghia, N.H. 1998. Dalbergia entadoides. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 03, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2656471
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-34359
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13748138
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:51856-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 34359
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDACA0E0H0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: JUWA
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 42047

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