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Genus: Justicia
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About 420 species, found worldwide in warm areas. There are
23 species native to southern Africa and at least seven exotic species that are
cultivated in gardens of this region.
Species indigenous in southern Africa
List from Welman (2003).
Justicia anagalloides See
van Wyk and Malan (1997 p. 34) |
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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) |
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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 exigua |
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Justicia flava (Yellow Justicia)
Geelgarnaalbos [Afrikaans]; impela [Zulu] See Pooley
(1998 p. 306); van Wyk and Malan (1997 p. 94). |
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Justicia glabra |
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Justicia guerkeana |
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Justicia heterocarpa |
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Justicia kirkiana |
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Justicia matammensis |
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Justicia minima |
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Justicia montis-salinarum |
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Justicia odora |
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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 platysepala |
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Justicia protracta (Veld Justicia) See
Pooley (1998 p. 202). |
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Justicia puberula |
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Justicia thymifolia |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Justicia aurea
Indigenous to Central America. |
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Justicia
brandegeeana (Shrimp plant)
Indigenous to Mexico. |
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Justicia carnea
Indigenous to Brazil. |
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Justicia comota
Indigenous from Central America to Argentina. |
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Justicia floribunda
Indigenous to Brazil. |
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Justicia fulvicoma
Indigenous to Mexico. |
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Justicia umbrosa
Indigenous 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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