Justicia ramulosa (Morong) C. Ezcurra

Villanueva-Espinoza, Rosa, Deng, Yunfei, Scotland, Robert & Wood, John R. I., 2025, Preliminary notes on Justicia (Acanthaceae) in Peru, PhytoKeys 258, pp. 1-123 : 1-123

18. Justicia ramulosa (Morong) C. Ezcurra , Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 25: 350. 1988. ( Ezcurra 1988: 350)

Beloperone ramulosa Morong , Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 194. 1893. ( Morong and Britton 1893: 194) Type. PARAGUAY. Asunción, T. Morong 706 (holotype NY- 00049760, isotypes BM- 000549630, E- 00104467, G- 00102437, G- 00102438, GH- 00093738, K- 000529297, MICH- 1104016, MO- 716370, NY- 00311808, NY- 00049760, PH- 00102437, US- 00478559).

Beloperone tetramerioides Lindau , Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 488. 1895. ( Lindau 1895: 488) Type. BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz, Río Yapacani, Kuntze s. n. (presumed holotype B †, photo of holotype F 0 BN 008948 , isotypes NY- 00311811, NY- 00311812 US- 00137238).

Justicia tetramerioides (Lindau) V. A. W. Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 604. 1988. ( Graham 1988: 604)

Beloperone velascana Lindau, Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 489. 1895. ( Lindau 1895: 489) Type. BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz, Velasco, Kuntze s. n. (presumed holotype B †, isotype NY- 00311813).

Justicia magentea V. A. W. Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 603. 1988. ( Graham 1988: 603) Type. Based on Beloperone velascana Lindau.

Beloperone cochabambensis Rusby, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6 (1): 103. 1896. ( Rusby 1896: 103) Type. BOLIVIA, Chapare, M. Bang 1215 (holotype NY- 00038821, isotypes BM- 000992618, E- 00104448, F- 0077564 F, G- 00236359, GH- 00093731, K- 000529355, M- 0186151, MICH- 1104013, MO- 716325, MIN- 1000417, NY- 00278982, NY- 00278983, PH- 00007757, S- 03-2309, US- 00137222, US- 02880383, W- 1892-000905, WIS-v 0256364 WIS).

Justicia cochabambensis (Rusby) V. A. W. Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 603. 1988. ( Graham 1988: 603)

Beloperone pseudociliata Mildbr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 1159. 1927. ( Mildbraed 1927: 1159) Type. BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz, Buenavista, Jose Steinbach 7137 bis (holotype B †, photo of holotype F 0 BN 008938, isotypes BM- 000992622, CAS- 0005294, E- 00346891, F- 0077569 F, G- 00236206, G- 00236361, K- 000529353, MO- 1403186, NY- 00311807, PH- 00007731, S- 03-2306, U- 0143634, UC- 306463, US- 01948831).

Justicia pseudociliata (Mildbr.) V. A. W. Graham, Kew Bull. 43: 603. 1988. ( Graham 1988: 603)

Type.

Based on Beloperone ramulosa Morong

Diagnosis.

Very similar to Justicia radicans , most obviously differing in the larger, dark reddish or magenta corolla 2.5–3.5 cm in length. Additional differences lie in the leaves, which are commonly rather abruptly narrowed at the base, in the bracts which are broader (to c. 8 mm), more conspicuously ciliate with white hairs and with apex merely apiculate. The corolla is larger in all parts, the lobes of the lower lip c. 3 × 3 mm. Also distinctive are the thecae, the lower not being separated by a gap from the upper and appearing to be fully developed.

Illustration.

Fig. 18 .

Phenology.

Found in flower in May and June.

Habitat.

(in Peru). Humid forest 350–1900 m.

Distribution.

Frequent in parts of northern Argentina, Paraguay, southern Brazil and Bolivia, just entering the southernmost departments of Peru. Fig. 59 .

Material examined.

Peru • Madre de Dios: Prov. Tahuamanu, km 32 Ibreria – Iñapari, 30 May 1978, F. Encarnación 1165 ( US). Prov. Manu , Parque Nacional de Manu , 350 m, 23 July 1979, R. Foster et al. 6823 (F). Prov. Tambopata , Dist. Tambopata , km 7 Otilia , 12°31'43.6"S, 75°12'41.4"W, 240 m, 17 Aug. 2002, J. Nina 6 ( HAG) . • Puno: Prov. Sandia , between Putina and San Ignacio, 1100 m, 19 June 1986, P. Nuñez & C. Muñoz 5150 ( CUZ) ; • ibid., 1900 m, 9 June 1982, D. C. Wasshausen & A. Salas 1237 (K, US) ; • ibid., Dist. San Juan del Oro , 1350 m, 6 June 1982, D. C. Wasshausen & A. Salas 1201 (K, US) ; • ibid., Dist. Limbani, Oconeque , 2200 m, 9 June 1974, C. Vargas 22567 ( CUZ) .

Figures

Figure 18. Photographs of Justicia ramulosa by Rosa Villanueva. Note characteristic dark red colour of the corolla.

Figure 59. Distribution of Justicia ramulosa (purple squares), J. radicans (yellow polygons) and J. angustituba (red circle) in Peru.