Justicia L.From
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Lamiales
- family
- Acanthaceae
- genus
- Justicia
Justicia L. FROM
KEY TO THE GENUS JUSTicia L. FROM TAMIL NADU, INDIA
1. Calyx lobes 5............................................................................................................................................... 2
— Calyx lobes 4............................................................................................................................................. 14
2. Shrubs or undershrubs................................................................................................................................ 3
— Erect or diffuse herbs................................................................................................................................. 12
3. Anther cells minutely apiculate at base........................................................................................................ 4
— Anther cells with prominent white appendage at base................................................................................. 5
4. Inflorescence capitate.................................................................................. J. beddomei (C.B.Clarke) Bennet
— Inflorescence spikes.................................................................................................................. J. adhatoda L.
5. Capsule 2-2.5 cm long................................................................................................................................ 6
— Capsule less than 2 cm long........................................................................................................................ 7
6. Erect shrubs. Leaves 6-9 cm broad................................................................................... J. santapaui Bennet
— Procumbent undershrub. Leaves 0.5-1.5 cm broad.......................... J. nilgherrensis (Nees) Wight ex C.B. Clarke
7. Leaves less than 3 cm long........................................................................................................................... 8
— Leaves more than 5 cm long........................................................................................................................ 9
8. Bracts elliptic, acute.................................................................................................. J. salsoloides T.Anderson
— Bracts orbicular or obcordate, short-apiculate............................................................... J. tranquebariensis L.f.
9. Capsule pubescent..................................................................................................................................... 10
— Capsule glabrous........................................................................................................... J. gendarussa Burm.f.
10. Seeds spinulose or echinate when wetted................................................................................................... 11
— Seeds softly round-tuberculate when wetted.............................................................. J. wynaadensis B.Heyne
11. Bracts white with green nerves; bracteoles similar....................................................................... J. betonica L.
— Bracts not as above; bracteoles different, often absent............................................................ J. glauca Rottler
12. Leaves more than 5 cm broad................................................................................................. J. scandens Vahl
— Leaves less than 1 cm broad....................................................................................................................... 13
13. Bracts white with green nerves. Seeds tuberculate when wetted............................................. J. trinervia Vahl
— Bracts not as above. Seeds echinate when wetted.......................... J. tamilnadensis P.Raja & Soosairaj, sp.nov.
14. Spikes stout, cylindric............................................................................................................................... 15
— Spikes slender, linear................................................................................................................................. 18
15. Subshrubs or undershrubs; branchlets somewhat woody........................................................................... 16
— Herbaceous; branchlets slender.................................................................................................................. 17
16. Bracts with bulbous based white hairs. Capsule pubescent.......................................... J. neesii Ramamoorthy
— Bracts not as above. Capsule glabrous........................................................... J. latispica (C.B.Clarke) Gamble
17. Spikes up to 3 cm long......................................................................................................... J. procumbens L.
— Spikes more than 5 cm long................................................................................................ J. simplex D.Don
18. Calyx lobes obtuse at apex................................................................... J. quinqueangularis J.Koenig ex Roxb.
— Calyx lobes acute at apex........................................................................................................................... 19
19. Bracts and bracteoles ovate.................................................................................................... J. diffusa Willd.
— Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate................................................................................................................. 20
20. Seeds tuberculate.......................................................................... J. prostrata (Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke) Gamble
— Seeds papillae............................................................................................................................................ 21
21. Leaves ovate-elliptic or linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous........................................................... J. vahlii Roth
— Leaves ovate or orbicular, obtuse, strigose above, villous beneath......................... J. nepalensis V.A.W.Graham
Name
- Homonyms
- Justicia L.
- Justicia Jacq.
- Justicia L.From