Justicia, L. FROM
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/adansonia2023v45a17 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8135931 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/15351747-FFFF-FFAB-FE0A-D1BDFAFA36DA |
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Felipe |
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Justicia |
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KEY TO THE GENUS JUSTicia L. FROM View in CoL View at ENA 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 View in CoL
— Inflorescence spikes .................................................................................................................. J. adhatoda L. View in CoL
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 View in CoL
— Procumbent undershrub. Leaves 0.5-1.5 cm broad .......................... J. nilgherrensis (Nees) Wight ex C.B. Clarke View in CoL
7. Leaves less than 3 cm long ........................................................................................................................... 8
— Leaves more than 5 cm long ........................................................................................................................ 9
8. Bracts elliptic, acute .................................................................................................. J. salsoloides T.Anderson View in CoL
— Bracts orbicular or obcordate, short-apiculate ............................................................... J. tranquebariensis L.f View in CoL .
9. Capsule pubescent ..................................................................................................................................... 10
— Capsule glabrous ........................................................................................................... J. gendarussa Burm.f. View in CoL
10. Seeds spinulose or echinate when wetted ................................................................................................... 11
— Seeds softly round-tuberculate when wetted .............................................................. J. wynaadensis B.Heyne View in CoL
11. Bracts white with green nerves; bracteoles similar ....................................................................... J. betonica L View in CoL .
— Bracts not as above; bracteoles different, often absent ............................................................ J. glauca Rottler View in CoL
12. Leaves more than 5 cm broad ................................................................................................. J. scandens Vahl View in CoL
— Leaves less than 1 cm broad ....................................................................................................................... 13
13. Bracts white with green nerves. Seeds tuberculate when wetted ............................................. J. trinervia Vahl View in CoL
— 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 View in CoL
— Bracts not as above. Capsule glabrous ........................................................... J. latispica (C.B.Clarke) Gamble View in CoL
17. Spikes up to 3 cm long ......................................................................................................... J. procumbens L View in CoL .
— Spikes more than 5 cm long ................................................................................................ J. simplex D.Don View in CoL
18. Calyx lobes obtuse at apex ................................................................... J. quinqueangularis J.Koenig ex Roxb. View in CoL
— Calyx lobes acute at apex ........................................................................................................................... 19
19. Bracts and bracteoles ovate .................................................................................................... J. diffusa Willd. View in CoL
— Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate ................................................................................................................. 20
20. Seeds tuberculate .......................................................................... J. prostrata (Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke) Gamble View in CoL
— Seeds papillae ............................................................................................................................................ 21
21. Leaves ovate-elliptic or linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous ........................................................... J. vahlii Roth View in CoL
— Leaves ovate or orbicular, obtuse, strigose above, villous beneath ......................... J. nepalensis V.A.W.Graham View in CoL
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