Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D7879A-2478-FFAF-D7D7-2C2CFD1325B3 |
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Felipe |
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Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy |
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Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy View in CoL in C.J.Saldanha & Nicolson, Fl. Hassan district, 551.1976 nom.illeg., nom. superfl. Rostellularia neesii A.K.Mukh. Fl. Pachmarhi & Bori Reserves View in CoL : 236. 1984, nom. illeg. FigS. 15 View Fig & 16 View Fig
Annual herbs, up to 35 cm tall. Stems erect, terete, dichotomously branched; branches slender, greenish, densely pubescent with strigose hairs; internodes 1.5–9 cm long, purplish. Leaves petiolate; laminae ovate to elliptic, 2.5–5 × 1.3–3 cm, base cuneate to rounded or oblique, margins entire or crenate, finely ciliate, apex acute or obtuse, chartaceous, puberulous sometimes densely pubescent; veins prominent, secondary veins 4–5 pairs; venation weak brochidodromous; petioles 0.5–2.5 cm long, densely pubescent. Inflorescence terminal or axillary spike, up to 4 cm long; peduncles 0.5–1 cm long, pubescent. Flowers sessile, two per inflorescence node, 6–7 × 3–4 mm; bract and bracteoles similar, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 7–8 × 0.4–0.6 mm, margins scarious with long setose hairs, apex acute, glabrous. Calyx deeply 4-lobed, 5–7 × 1.5–2 mm at anthesis, accrescent, greenish or pinkish green; lobes slender, linear to narrowly lanceolate, unequal, two smaller lobes 4–5 mm long and two larger ones 6–7 mm long, margins scarious with long setose hairs, apex acute. Corolla purplish white with white striations on lower lip, hirsute outside, glabrous inside except in the throat; tube cylindrical, c. 3 × c. 1.3 mm; upper lip erect, triangular to ovate, 2.5–3 × 1.5–2 mm, enclosing the stamens, apex bifid; lower lip obovate, 4–4.5 × 2.5–2.8 mm, 3-lobed at apex; lobes imbricate, apex acute. Stamens exserted; filaments c. 2 mm long, white, basally hirsute; anther thecae superposed, equal, elliptic, c. 0.5 mm long, pale green with purple margin, upper theca dorsally hirsute, lower theca glabrous; appendage c. 0.4 mm long, apex obtuse or rounded, white. Ovary c. 1 × 0.5 mm, ellipsoid, pale green, glabrous or hirsute at apex; style 4–5 mm long, slender, white, hirsute throughout or in lower half; stigma emarginate; nectariferous disc c. 0.5 × 0.8 mm, pale yellow, margins undulate. Capsule oblong with a constriction near the middle, 2.5–4 × 0.8–1 mm, apex cuspidate, pale brown, pubescent at apex. Seeds 2–4, compressed, cordate to ovate or sub-orbicular, c. 1.8 × 2 mm, brownish; testa rugulose.
Flowering & fruiting: Flowering from August to March; fruiting late February to March.
Habitat: Grows in grasslands and margins of moist deciduous forests, along Ghat roadsides, under pine woods at an elevation of 80 to 1900 m.
Distribution: Peninsular India.
Specimens examined: INDIA, Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor district, Kambakam hill, 03.1903, s.coll., 10263; Ibid.,.04.1903, s.coll. s.n; Talakona waterfalls, 07.11.1987, D. Ranga Charyulu 1764 (MH); Ibid., 04.08.2019, P. Soumya, Geethika & P. Sunojkumar 157518 (CALI); Kadapa district, Cuddapah forest areas, s.d., Beddome s.n. (MH): Kurnool district, Chelama-Nallamali hills, 05.07.1963, J.L. Ellis 16741; Mahanandi, 23.08.1965, J.L. Ellis 25524 (MH); Medak district, Pegarikutta, K.M. Sebastine 6650 (MH); Prakasam district, Diguvametta, 16.11.1969, J.L. Ellis 32410 (MH). Karnataka, Bellary district, Ramandurg, 04.10.1904, Lushingtons.n. (FRC); Kadapa district, Vempalle, 22.07.1964, G. V. Subba Rao 20186 (MH). Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Anamalai hills, s.d., R.H. Beddome s.n. (MH); Nilgiris district, Naduvattam to Ooty, s.d., P. Soumya, S. Resmi & P. Sunojkumar 157576 (CALI). Telangana, Yadadri, Bhuvanagiri district, Ramannapeta, 28.08.1917, J.L. Ellis 14966 (MH).
Conservation status: Based on our field data and the examination of herbarium specimens, it has been determined that this species is present in four states in Peninsular India. As per IUCN criteria, Justicia micrantha is classified here as Least Concern (LC).
Justicia procumbens View in CoL L., Sp. Pl. 15. 1753; Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 133. 1820; T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 511. 1867; C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 539. 1885. Gamble, Fl. Madras 2: 1080. 1921; R.R.Stewart in E.Nasir & S.I.Ali (eds.), Flora of West Pakistan, Karachi 676.1972; L.H.Cramer, Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 12: 119–121. 1998; Malik & Ghafoor in E.Nasir & S.I.Ali (eds.), Fl. Pakistan 188: 36. 1988; V.A.W.Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 597. 1988; J.Q.Hu, Y.F.Deng & T.F.Daniel in Z.Y.Wu, P.H.Raven & D.Y.Hong (eds.), Fl. China 19: 452. 2011. Rostellaria procumbens (L.) Nees in Wall ., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 101. 1832; Rostellularia procumbens View in CoL (L.) Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 371. 1847. Lectotype (designated by Malik & Ghafoor, 1988): Herb. Linnaeus No. 28.14 (LINN).
Justicia japonica Thunb., Syst. Veg. View in CoL , 14: 63. 1784; Y.F. Deng, Fl. Pan Himalaya 46: 407. 2020. Rostellularia japonica (Thunb.) J.L.Ellis, Bull. Bot. Surv. View in CoL India 22: 196. 1982. Lectotype (designated here): JAPAN, s.loc., s.d., C.P. Thunberg s.n. ( UPS-THUNB 386 [UPS barcode V-000386 digital image!]).
Justicia simplex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. View in CoL Nepal. 118. 1825; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 539. 1885. Gamble, Fl. Madras 1080. 1921 ; R. R. Stewart in E. Nasir & S. I. Ali (eds.), Flora of West Pakistan, Karachi 676. 1972 ; V. A. W. Graham , Kew Bull. 43: 597. 1988 ; J. R. I. Wood in A. J. C. Grierson & D . G. Long (eds.), Fl. Bhutan 2(3): 1288. 2001. Justicia procumbens var. simplex (D.Don) Yamazaki, Fl. E. Himalaya View in CoL 302. 1966. Type: NEPALIA ( NEPAL), s.d., Wallich (n.v.) .
Rostellaria mollissima Nees View in CoL in Wall ., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 101. 1832. Rostellularia mollissima (Nees) Nees View in CoL in DC., Prodr. 11: 373. 1847. Justicia mollissima (Nees) Y.F.Deng & T.F.Daniel, Fl. View in CoL China 19: 451–452. 2011. Lectotype (designated by Deng, 2020): NEPAL, s.loc., Wall . Cat . 2445 (K-W [K001116046 digital image!]).
Rostellularia procumbens View in CoL (L.) var. serpyllifolia Benth. View in CoL , in Hohen., Pl. India Orient. 571. 1847. Justicia simplex D.Don var. serpyllifolia (Benth.) C.B.Clarke View in CoL in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 539. 1885. Justicia serpyllifolia (Benth.) Gamble, Fl. Madras 1080 View in CoL . 1924, nom. illeg. Rostellularia serpyllifolia (Benth.) Bremekamp, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Tweede Sect. View in CoL 45(2): 62. 1948. Justicia nagpurensis V.A.W.Graham, Kew Bull. View in CoL 43: 597. 1988, syn. nov. Justicia hansenii Sivar. & P.Mathew View in CoL , Taxon 38: 486. 1989. Rostellularia nagpurensis (V.A.W.Graham) M.R.Almeida Fl. View in CoL Maharashtra 4 A: 90. 2003. Lectotype (designated here): INDIA, Karnataka, Mangalore, s.d., Hohenacker 571 (K [K000884085 digital image!]).
Justicia procumbens var. latispica C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 539. 1885. Justicia latispica (C.B. Clarke) Gamble, Fl. Madras 1080 . 1921. Rostellularia latispica (Gamble) Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 45(2): 71. 1948. Justicia procumbens subsp. latispica (C.B.Clarke) L.H.Cramer, Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 12: 120. 1998. Rostellularia khasiana var. latispica (C.B.Clarke) C.Y.Wu ex C.C.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. View in CoL 70: 305. 2002. Type: Wight, Icon. Pl. India Orient 4: t. 1539. 1850.
Justicia khasiana C.B.Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 537. 1885. Rostellularia khasiana (C.B.Clarke) J.L.Ellis Bull. Bot. Surv. India 20(1-4): 172. 1978. Lectotype (designated by Deng, 2020): INDIA, Assam, Khasia hills, s.d., J. D. Hooker s.n. (K [ K000884094 digital image!]; isolecto K [ K000884095 digital image!]).
Rostellularia simplex Wight, Icon. Pl. View in CoL India Orient. 4: t. 1542. 1850. Justicia notha C.B.Clarke View in CoL in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 537. 1885, syn. nov.; V.A.W.Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 597. 1988. Ecbolium nothum (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. View in CoL 2: 980. 1891. Type: INDIA, s.loc., s.d., Wight s.n. (K [K000884096 digital image!]).
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University of Copenhagen |
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Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet |
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University |
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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium |
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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University of the Witwatersrand |
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Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève |
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Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy
| P., Soumya, Y. F., Deng, S. S., Dash & Sunojkumar, P. 2023 |
Justicia simplex D.Don, Prodr. Fl.
| D. Don 2001: 1288 |
| V. A. W. Graham 1988: 597 |
| D. Don 1885: 539 |
Rostellularia simplex
| V. A. W. Graham 1988: 597 |
| C. B. Clarke 1891: 980 |
| C. B. Clarke 1885: 537 |
Rostellaria mollissima
| Nees 2011: 451 |
| Wall. 1832: 101 |
Justicia procumbens
| 2011: 452 |
| 1998: 119 |
| 1988: 36 |
| V. A. W. Graham 1988: 597 |
| 1921: 1080 |
| 1885: 539 |
| T. Anderson 1867: 511 |
| Wall. 1832: 101 |
| 1820: 133 |
Justicia japonica
| Thunb. 2020: 407 |
| J. L. Ellis 1982: 196 |
| Thunb. 1784: 63 |