Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B. Sm.

Daniel, Thomas F., García-Morales, Leccinum J. & Mora-Olivo, Arturo, 2021, Taxonomic and Photographic Guide to the Acanthaceae of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 67 (6), pp. 185-228 : 205

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11513051
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12744648
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B44B63-E976-FFA1-C50A-3F4CFF3DCF72
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B. Sm.
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Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B. Sm. View in CoL

PHENOLOGY.— Flowering: All year; fruiting: February–April.

DISTRIBUTION.— Mexico (Mor., N.L., Qro., S.L.P., Tamps.).

HABITAT.— Tropical deciduous forest, tropical subdeciduous forest, mesophytic montane forest; sometimes on limestone.

ELEVATION.— 250–1970 meters.

NOTES.— This species ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE ) is native to Mexico and widely cultivated worldwide. Daniel and Acosta C. (2003) provided a description of it. A common synonym of this species is Beloperone guttata Brandegee.

REPRESENTATIVE SPECIMENS.— Sierra Madre Oriental between Ocampo and Tula, NW of Cd. Mante, L. Brown & L. Lowrey 13322 ( CAS); between Tula and Ocampo, 11–13 mi E of Tula , ca. 22°59ʹN, 099°40ʹW, T. Daniel 291 ( CAS); GoogleMaps 2 mi W of Gómez Farías toward Rancho del Cielo , T. Daniel & M. Baker 3714 ( ASU, CAS) ; near Rancho Gómez Farías, J. Duke M3556 ( MEXUimage) ; La Alamillosa, ca. 2 km W de Alta Cima , L. García-Morales s.n. ( ITCV) ; near Victoria, G. Happ 29 ( MO) ; Mpio. Tula, Ejido Allende ( Aniceto Medrano ), 20 km de Ocampo , L. Hernández 1403 ( MO) ; Cañón de Galeana , H. LeSueur 450 ( US) ; Mpio. Gómez Farías, 3 km E del Cielo por Gómez Farías, M. Martínez 1790 ( MO) ; a 5 km al SE de Rancho del Cielo , camino a Gómez Farías, E. Martínez S. et al. 3874 ( MEXU, MO, XAL) ; Mpio. Nuevo Morelos, 3 km E de Nuevo Morelos , F. Medrano & A. Valiente B. 12179 ( ARIZ, MEXU) ; Mpio. Gómez Farías, Rancho del Cielo a 11 km de Gómez Farías, F. Medrano et al. 7436 ( MEXU-image) ; Mpio. Gómez Farías, Valle del Ovni , Rancho Viejo , 23°04ʹN, 089°13ʹW, A. Mora-Olivo 660 ( UAT) GoogleMaps ; Mpio. Gómez Farías, Reserva de la Biósfera El Cielo , camino de Gómez Farías al Rancho del Cielo , A. Mora-Olivo 2264 ( UAT) ; vic. of Gómez Farías, E. Palmer 332 ( F, GH, K, MO, NY, UC, US) ; Rancho del Cielo, between gate and ranch, A. Richardson 213 ( TEX) ; near Gómez Farías, A. Richardson 937 ( TEX) ; Gómez Farías area, between El Arce and Agua del Indio , Indian Springs trail, A. Richardson 1079 ( TEX) ; 6 km S of Huisachal, L. Stanford et al. 2090 ( DS, UC) ; Gómez Farías, 23°02ʹN, 99°08ʹW, S. Thompson et al. 1295 ( CAS, F, MEXU-image, US) GoogleMaps ; 3 km NW of Gómez Farías, camino a Rancho del Cielo , R. Torres C. & H. Hernández 3109 ( CAS, MEXU) ; Mpio. Llera de Canales, 6 km NE de El Encino , A. Valiente B. et al. 378 ( MEXU) ; Mpio. Gómez Farías, entre Gómez Farías y Rancho del Cielo , F. Vázquez B. 829 ( XAL) ; sierra near San Isidro, Jaumave , H. von Rozynski 388 ( F).