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Genus: Justicia
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About 420 species, found worldwide in warm areas. There are
30 species native to southern Africa and at least seven exotic species that are
cultivated in gardens of this region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
Justicia anagalloides See
van Wyk and Malan (1997 p. 34) and
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia anselliana |
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Justicia betonica (Paper Plume) [= Justicia pallidior] See
Pooley (1998 p. 200); van Wyk and Malan (1997 p. 34) and
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia bolusii |
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Justicia campylostemon (Honey
Justicia)
isipheka, ubomane [Zulu] See Pooley (1998 p. 202). |
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Justicia capensis (Money Plant)
Sakemansplant
[Afrikaans]; ihlalanyosi, ikhokhela [Zulu] See Pooley (1998 p. 438). |
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Justicia cuneata
See Le Roux and Schelpe (1988 p. 158); van Rooyen and
Steyn (1999 p. 198). |
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Justicia elegantula Recorded from
Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia exigua
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia flava (Yellow Justicia)
Geelgarnaalbos [Afrikaans]; impela [Zulu] See Pooley
(1998 p. 306); van Wyk and Malan (1997 p. 94) and
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia francoiseana Recorded
from Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia glabra |
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Justicia guerkeana |
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Justicia heterocarpa
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia kirkiana
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia matammensis
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia minima |
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Justicia montis-salinarum |
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Justicia nyassana Recorded
from Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia odora
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia orchioides
Ribbokbos
See Shearing and van Heerden (1994 p. 142). |
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Justicia petiolaris (Blue Justicia) See
Pooley (1998 p. 492). |
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Justicia phyllostachys Recorded
from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia platysepala |
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Justicia protracta (Veld Justicia) See
Pooley (1998 p. 202) and
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia puberula |
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Justicia striata Recorded
from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe, where it is split into
var. striata and
var. dyschoristeoides. |
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Justicia tenella Recorded
from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Justicia thymifolia |
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Justicia whytei Recorded
from Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Justicia aurea
Native to Central America. |
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Justicia
brandegeeana (Shrimp plant)
Native to Mexico. |
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Justicia carnea
Native to Brazil. |
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Justicia comota
Indigenous from Central America to Argentina. |
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Justicia floribunda
Native to Brazil. |
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Justicia fulvicoma
Native to Mexico. |
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Justicia umbrosa
Native to Central America. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Immelman, K.L. 1995. Justicia. Flora of southern
Africa 30,3,1: 18-46.
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Le Roux, A. & Schelpe, T. 1988.
Namaqualand. South African Wild Flower Guide 1. Revised Edition.
Botanical Society of Southern Africa, Kirstenbosch.
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Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide to
Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora
Publications Trust, Durban.
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Shearing, D. & van Heerden, K. 1994.
Karoo. South African Wild Flower Guide 6. Botanical Society of Southern
Africa, Kirstenbosch.
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van Rooyen, G. & Steyn, H. 1999.
Cederberg, Clanwilliam and Biedouw Valley. South African Wild Flower Guide
10. Botanical Society of Southern Africa, Kirstenbosch.
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van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. 1997. Field
Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld. 2nd edition. Struik
Publishers, Cape Town.
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Welman, W.G. 2003. Acanthaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 92-106. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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