Justicia hyssopifolia L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part J), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 599-607 : 607

Justicia hyssopifolia Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 15. 1753 .

"Habitat in insulis Fortunatis." RCN: 116.

Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 32. 1983): Herb. Linn. No. 28.10 ( LINN) .

Generitype of Justicia Linnaeus.

Current name: Justicia hyssopifolia L. ( Acanthaceae ).

Note: Justicia hyssopifolia , with the type designated by Wijnands, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 564. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006, for a review of the history of this and related proposals).