913 Species of Genus Justicia

Justicia: A Plant Genus That Fascinates

I’m Ferb Vu, and I’ve always been drawn to the diversity and beauty of the natural world, particularly the plant kingdom. One genus that has captured my attention is Justicia, a fascinating group with a wide array of species, each boasting unique characteristics.

Justicia is the largest genus in the Acanthaceae family, encompassing almost 913 accepted species. These plants are predominantly found in tropical and warm temperate regions across the Americas, India, and Africa. They are known for their vibrant flowers, which come in a spectrum of colors, and their ability to attract pollinators like butterflies and hummingbirds.

Diversity of Justicia Species

The sheer variety within the Justicia genus is astounding. Some species are shrubs, while others are herbs or even vines. This diversity is reflected in their appearances and habitats. Here are:

  1. Justicia abeggii Urb. & Ekman
  2. Justicia abscondita Champl.
  3. Justicia aconitiflora (A.Meeuse) Cubey
  4. Justicia acuta (C.B.Clarke) Fourc.
  5. Justicia acutangula H.S.Lo & D.Fang
  6. Justicia acutifolia Hedrén
  7. Justicia addisoniensis (Elmer) C.M.Gao & Y.F.Deng
  8. Justicia adenothyrsa (Lindau) T.F.Daniel
  9. Justicia adhaerens Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  10. Justicia adhatoda L.
  11. Justicia adhatodoides (E.Mey. ex Nees) V.A.W.Graham
  12. Justicia aequalis Benoist
  13. Justicia aequilabris (Nees) Lindau
  14. Justicia aequiloculata Benoist
  15. Justicia aethes Leonard
  16. Justicia afromontana Hedrén
  17. Justicia agria Alain & Leonard
  18. Justicia alainii Stearn
  19. Justicia alanae T.F.Daniel
  20. Justicia albadenia (Rusby) Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  21. Justicia albobractea Leonard
  22. Justicia albovelata W.W.Sm.
  23. Justicia alboviridis Benoist
  24. Justicia alchorneeticola Champl.
  25. Justicia alexandri R.Atk.
  26. Justicia allenii (Leonard) Durkee
  27. Justicia almedae T.F.Daniel
  28. Justicia alopecuroidea T.F.Daniel
  29. Justicia alpina Lindau
  30. Justicia alsinoides Leonard
  31. Justicia alterniflora Vollesen
  32. Justicia alternifolia C.B.Clarke
  33. Justicia altior Kiel & Hammel
  34. Justicia amanda Hedrén
  35. Justicia amazonica (Nees) Lindau
  36. Justicia amblyosepala D.Fang & H.S.Lo
  37. Justicia amherstia Bennet
  38. Justicia amphibola (Leonard) J.R.I.Wood
  39. Justicia amplifolia T.F.Daniel
  40. Justicia anabasa Leonard
  41. Justicia anagalloides (Nees) T.Anderson
  42. Justicia andrographioides C.B.Clarke
  43. Justicia andromeda (Lindau) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
  44. Justicia anfractuosa C.B.Clarke
  45. Justicia angustata Warb.
  46. Justicia angustiflora D.N.Gibson
  47. Justicia anisophylla (Mildbr.) Brummitt
  48. Justicia anisotoides J.R.I.Wood
  49. Justicia ankaratrensis Benoist
  50. Justicia ankazobensis Benoist
  51. Justicia anselliana (Nees) T.Anderson
  52. Justicia antirrhina Nees & Mart.
  53. Justicia antsingensis Benoist
  54. Justicia aphelandroides (Mildbr.) Wassh.
  55. Justicia aquatica Benoist
  56. Justicia arborescens Durkee & McDade
  57. Justicia arbuscula Benoist
  58. Justicia archeri Leonard
  59. Justicia arcuata Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  60. Justicia areysiana Deflers
  61. Justicia argyrostachya T.Anderson
  62. Justicia aristeguietae Leonard
  63. Justicia asclepiadea (Nees) Wassh. & C.Ezcurra
  64. Justicia aspera (Nees) Y.Tong & Y.F.Deng
  65. Justicia asystasioides (Lindau) M.E.Steiner
  66. Justicia atacta Leonard
  67. Justicia atkinsonii T.Anderson
  68. Justicia attenuata A.L.A.Côrtes & Rapini
  69. Justicia aurantiimutata Hammel & Gómez-Laur.
  70. Justicia aurea Schltdl.
  71. Justicia austroguangxiensis H.S.Lo & D.Fang
  72. Justicia austrosinensis H.S.Lo & D.Fang
  73. Justicia axillaris (Nees) Lindau
  74. Justicia axiologa (Leonard) J.R.I.Wood
  75. Justicia aymardii Wassh.
  76. Justicia baenitzii (H.J.P.Winkl.) C.Ezcurra
  77. Justicia bagshawei S.Moore
  78. Justicia baillonii Scott Elliot
  79. Justicia bakeri Scott Elliot
  80. Justicia balansae Lindau
  81. Justicia balslevii Wassh.
  82. Justicia baravensis C.B.Clarke
  83. Justicia bartlettii (Leonard) D.N.Gibson
  84. Justicia baumii S.Moore
  85. Justicia beckii Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  86. Justicia beddomei (C.B.Clarke) Bennet
  87. Justicia beloperonoides Lindau
  88. Justicia bequaertii De Wild.
  89. Justicia betonicoides C.B.Clarke
  90. Justicia bicalcarata Craib
  91. Justicia birae A.S.Reis, F.A.Silva, A.Gil & Kameyama
  92. Justicia bitarkarae Gómez-Laur.
  93. Justicia bizuneshiae Ensermu
  94. Justicia blackii Leonard
  95. Justicia blechoides (Lindau) Stearn
  96. Justicia boaleri Hedrén
  97. Justicia boerhaaviifolia (Nees) T.Anderson
  98. Justicia bojeriana (Nees) Baron
  99. Justicia bolavenensis Y.F.Deng
  100. Justicia boliviana Rusby
  101. Justicia boliviensis (Bremek.) V.A.W.Graham
  102. Justicia bolomboensis De Wild.
  103. Justicia bolusii C.B.Clarke
  104. Justicia borrerae (Hemsl.) T.F.Daniel
  105. Justicia bracteosa (Mildbr.) Leonard
  106. Justicia bradeana Profice
  107. Justicia brandbygei Wassh.
  108. Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B.Sm.
  109. Justicia brandisii T.Anderson
  110. Justicia brasiliana Roth
  111. Justicia breedlovei T.F.Daniel
  112. Justicia brenesii (Leonard) D.N.Gibson
  113. Justicia breteleri Wassh.
  114. Justicia brevicaulis S.Moore
  115. Justicia brevipedunculata Ensermu
  116. Justicia brevipila Hedrén
  117. Justicia breviracemosa Vollesen
  118. Justicia brevispica Benoist
  119. Justicia bridsoniana Vollesen
  120. Justicia bruneelii De Wild.
  121. Justicia buchholzii (Lindau) I.Darbysh.
  122. Justicia buchii Urb.
  123. Justicia bullata (Nees) Profice
  124. Justicia burchellii Hiern
  125. Justicia cabrerae Leonard
  126. Justicia caerulea Forssk.
  127. Justicia californica (Benth.) D.N.Gibson
  128. Justicia calliantha Leonard
  129. Justicia callopsoidea Vollesen
  130. Justicia caloneura Kurz
  131. Justicia calyculata Deflers
  132. Justicia camerunensis (Heine) I.Darbysh.
  133. Justicia campanulata Benoist
  134. Justicia campechiana Standl.
  135. Justicia campenonii Benoist
  136. Justicia campii Wassh.
  137. Justicia campylostemon (Nees) T.Anderson
  138. Justicia canbyi Greenm.
  139. Justicia candida Benoist
  140. Justicia capensis Thunb.
  141. Justicia capitata (T.Anderson ex Hook.f.) L.H.Cramer
  142. Justicia caracasana Jacq.
  143. Justicia carajensis F.A.Silva, A.Gil & Kameyama
  144. Justicia cardiochlamys Lindau
  145. Justicia cardiophylla D.Fang & H.S.Lo
  146. Justicia carnea Lindl.
  147. Justicia carthaginensis Jacq.
  148. Justicia cataractae Leonard
  149. Justicia catenula Champl.
  150. Justicia catharinensis Lindau
  151. Justicia caudatifolia (H.S.Lo & D.Fang) Z.P.Hao, Y.F.Deng & T.F.Daniel
  152. Justicia cauliflora Durkee
  153. Justicia ceylanica (Nees) T.Anderson
  154. Justicia chacoensis Wassh. & C.Ezcurra
  155. Justicia chaconii Gómez-Laur.
  156. Justicia chaetocephala (Mildbr.) Leonard
  157. Justicia chalaensis Vollesen
  158. Justicia chalmersii Lindau
  159. Justicia chamaedryoides (Nees) Wassh. ex A.L.A.Côrtes & P.L.R.Moraes
  160. Justicia chamaephyton D.N.Gibson
  161. Justicia chamaeranthemoides (Kuntze) T.F.Daniel
  162. Justicia chapadensis S.Moore
  163. Justicia chapana Wassh.
  164. Justicia chapareensis Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  165. Justicia chaponensis Leonard
  166. Justicia charadrophila Leonard
  167. Justicia chimalapensis T.F.Daniel
  168. Justicia chimboracensis Wassh.
  169. Justicia chiriquiensis Durkee
  170. Justicia chlamidocalyx A.L.A.Côrtes & Rapini
  171. Justicia chloanantha Leonard
  172. Justicia chloroptera Baker
  173. Justicia chol T.F.Daniel
  174. Justicia chrysea Leonard
  175. Justicia chrysocoma Leonard
  176. Justicia chrysostephana (Hook.f.) T.F.Daniel
  177. Justicia chrysotrichoma (Nees) Benth.
  178. Justicia chuquisacensis Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  179. Justicia circulibracteata Durkee & McDade
  180. Justicia ciriloi T.F.Daniel
  181. Justicia citrina (Wawra) Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas
  182. Justicia claessensii De Wild.
  183. Justicia clarkii Wassh.
  184. Justicia clausseniana (Nees) Profice
  185. Justicia clinopodium A.Gray ex Greenm.
  186. Justicia clivalis Wassh.
  187. Justicia coahuilana T.F.Daniel
  188. Justicia cobensis Lundell
  189. Justicia cochinchinensis Benoist
  190. Justicia colorata (Nees) Wassh.
  191. Justicia columbiensis (Leonard) V.A.W.Graham
  192. Justicia concavibracteata Lindau
  193. Justicia conferta J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
  194. Justicia congestiflora Benoist
  195. Justicia congrua Lindau
  196. Justicia consanguinea (Lindau) Wassh. & C.Ezcurra
  197. Justicia cooleyi Monach. & Leonard
  198. Justicia coppenamensis Wassh.
  199. Justicia cordata T.Anderson
  200. Justicia cordifolia (Rizzini) Funez & Braz
  201. Justicia corumbensis (Lindau) Wassh. & C.Ezcurra
  202. Justicia costaricana Leonard
  203. Justicia coursii Benoist
  204. Justicia cowanii Leonard
  205. Justicia craibii W.W.Sm.
  206. Justicia crassiradix C.B.Clarke
  207. Justicia crebrinodis Benoist
  208. Justicia crenata (Leonard) Durkee
  209. Justicia croceochlamys Leonard
  210. Justicia cuatrecasasii Wassh.
  211. Justicia cubana Alain
  212. Justicia cufodontii (Fiori) Ensermu
  213. Justicia cuicatlana T.F.Daniel
  214. Justicia cuixmalensis T.F.Daniel & E.J.Lott
  215. Justicia culubritae Urb.
  216. Justicia cuneata Vahl
  217. Justicia cuneifolia Nees & Mart.
  218. Justicia cuspidulata (Nees) Wassh.
  219. Justicia cuzcoensis Lindau
  220. Justicia cyclostegia (Hand.-Mazz.) Y.Tong & Y.F.Deng
  221. Justicia cydoniifolia (Nees) Griseb.
  222. Justicia cymosa (Griff.) Karthik., Moorthy & Karthig.
  223. Justicia cymulifera T.F.Daniel
  224. Justicia cynosuroides Benoist
  225. Justicia cyrtantheriformis (Rizzini) Profice
  226. Justicia cystolithosa Leonard
  227. Justicia daidalea Leonard
  228. Justicia dalaensis Benoist
  229. Justicia dallarii Fiori
  230. Justicia damingensis (H.S.Lo) H.S.Lo
  231. Justicia dasycarpa Kurz
  232. Justicia deaurata Hammel & Gómez-Laur.
  233. Justicia decaryi Benoist
  234. Justicia decumbens Craib
  235. Justicia decurrens J.B.Imlay
  236. Justicia decurvata Hilsenb.
  237. Justicia decussata Roxb.
  238. Justicia dejecta Benoist
  239. Justicia delascioi Wassh.
  240. Justicia delicatula Scott Elliot
  241. Justicia dendropila T.F.Daniel
  242. Justicia densibracteata Durkee & McDade
  243. Justicia densiflora (Oerst.) V.A.W.Graham
  244. Justicia diacantha J.B.Imlay
  245. Justicia diclipteroides Lindau
  246. Justicia diminuta Benoist
  247. Justicia dispar Merr.
  248. Justicia disparifolia Urb. & Ekman
  249. Justicia distichophylla F.A.Silva, A.Gil & Kameyama
  250. Justicia distincta J.B.Imlay
  251. Justicia divergens (Nees) A.S.Reis, A.Gil & Kameyama
  252. Justicia diversifolia Jenn.
  253. Justicia dives Benoist
  254. Justicia drummondii Vollesen
  255. Justicia dryadum Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  256. Justicia dubiosa Lindau
  257. Justicia dumetorum Morong
  258. Justicia dumosa Alain
  259. Justicia durangensis (Henrickson & Hilsenb.) T.F.Daniel
  260. Justicia dusenii (Lindau) Wassh. & L.B.Sm.
  261. Justicia eburnea D.N.Gibson
  262. Justicia edgarcabrerae T.F.Daniel, Carnevali & Tapia
  263. Justicia effusa D.N.Gibson
  264. Justicia ekakusuma Pradeep & Sivar.
  265. Justicia elegantissima (Lindau) Wassh.
  266. Justicia elegantula S.Moore
  267. Justicia elliotii S.Moore
  268. Justicia enarthrocoma Leonard
  269. Justicia engleriana Lindau
  270. Justicia ensiflora (Standl.) D.N.Gibson
  271. Justicia ephemera Leonard
  272. Justicia equestris Benoist
  273. Justicia erythrantha Leonard
  274. Justicia espiritosantensis Aoyama & Indriunas
  275. Justicia euosmia Lindau
  276. Justicia excalcea Benoist
  277. Justicia exigua S.Moore
  278. Justicia exsul Benoist
  279. Justicia extensa T.Anderson
  280. Justicia falconensis Wassh.
  281. Justicia faulknerae Vollesen
  282. Justicia ferruginea H.S.Lo & D.Fang
  283. Justicia filibracteolata Lindau
  284. Justicia fimbriata (Nees) V.A.W.Graham
  285. Justicia flaccida Kurz
  286. Justicia flagelliformis C.B.Clarke
  287. Justicia flava (Forssk.) Vahl
  288. Justicia flavescens Rueangs. & Chantar.
  289. Justicia flaviflora (Turrill) Wassh.
  290. Justicia floribunda (J.Veitch f.) Wassh.
  291. Justicia flosculosa Profice
  292. Justicia fortunensis T.F.Daniel & Wassh.
  293. Justicia francoiseana Brummitt
  294. Justicia fuchsiifolia Leonard
  295. Justicia fuentesii J.R.I.Wood
  296. Justicia fulvicoma Schltdl. & Cham.
  297. Justicia fulvohirsuta (Rizzini) Profice
  298. Justicia funckii Lindau
  299. Justicia fusagasugana Leonard
  300. Justicia galapagana Lindau ex B.L.Rob.
  301. Justicia galeata Hedrén
  302. Justicia gardineri Turrill
  303. Justicia gendarussa Burm.f.
  304. Justicia genuflexa Nees & Mart.
  305. Justicia gesneriflora Rendle
  306. Justicia gibsoniae Bennet & Sum.Chandra
  307. Justicia gigantophylla (Lindau) H.J.Sm. & C.Moran
  308. Justicia gilbertii Vollesen
  309. Justicia gilliesii (Nees) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Griseb.
  310. Justicia gladiatotheca Champl.
  311. Justicia glauca Rottler
  312. Justicia glaziovii Lindau
  313. Justicia glischrantha Lindau
  314. Justicia glomerulata Benoist
  315. Justicia goianiensis Profice
  316. Justicia gonzalezii (Greenm.) Henrickson & Hiriart
  317. Justicia gorongozana Vollesen
  318. Justicia goudotii V.A.W.Graham
  319. Justicia graciliflora (Standl.) D.N.Gibson
  320. Justicia grandifolia T.Anderson
  321. Justicia graphocaula J.B.Imlay
  322. Justicia graphophylla Leonard
  323. Justicia griffithii T.Anderson
  324. Justicia grisea C.B.Clarke
  325. Justicia grossa C.B.Clarke
  326. Justicia guerkeana Schinz
  327. Justicia guineensis (Heine) W.D.Hawth.
  328. Justicia gunnari Wassh.
  329. Justicia gutierrezii Leonard
  330. Justicia hainanensis (C.Y.Wu & H.S.Lo) N.H.Xia & Y.F.Deng
  331. Justicia harleyi Wassh.
  332. Justicia harlingii (Wassh.) Wassh.
  333. Justicia hassleri (Lindau) V.A.W.Graham
  334. Justicia hatschbachii (Rizzini) Wassh. & L.B.Sm.
  335. Justicia haughtii (Leonard) J.R.I.Wood
  336. Justicia hedrenii J.-P.Lebrun & Stork
  337. Justicia helonoma Leonard
  338. Justicia henricksonii T.F.Daniel
  339. Justicia hepperi Heine
  340. Justicia herpetacanthoides Leonard
  341. Justicia heterocarpa T.Anderson
  342. Justicia heterophylla Schltdl.
  343. Justicia heterosepala Benoist
  344. Justicia heterotricha Mildbr.
  345. Justicia hians (Brandegee) Brandegee
  346. Justicia hilaris Scott Elliot
  347. Justicia hilsenbeckii T.F.Daniel
  348. Justicia hintoniorum G.L.Nesom
  349. Justicia hochreutineri J.F.Macbr.
  350. Justicia hodgei Leonard
  351. Justicia holgueri Wassh.
  352. Justicia homblei De Wild.
  353. Justicia homoea Leonard
  354. Justicia hookeriana (Nees) T.Anderson
  355. Justicia huacanensis T.F.Daniel & V.W.Steinm.
  356. Justicia huambensis Hedrén
  357. Justicia huberi Wassh.
  358. Justicia huilensis (Leonard) J.R.I.Wood
  359. Justicia humblotii Benoist
  360. Justicia hunzikeri Ariza
  361. Justicia hygrobia Leonard
  362. Justicia hygrophiloides F.Muell.
  363. Justicia hylaea Leonard
  364. Justicia hylobia Leonard
  365. Justicia hylophila Lindau
  366. Justicia hyperdasya Leonard
  367. Justicia hyssopifolia L.
  368. Justicia ianthina Wassh.
  369. Justicia idiogenes Leonard
  370. Justicia ilhensis (Moric. ex Nees) A.L.A.Côrtes
  371. Justicia iltisii Wassh.
  372. Justicia imlayae B.Hansen
  373. Justicia inaequifolia Brummitt
  374. Justicia inamoena Benoist
  375. Justicia infelix Leonard
  376. Justicia inficiens Vahl
  377. Justicia ingrata Benoist
  378. Justicia insolita Brandegee
  379. Justicia insularis T.Anderson
  380. Justicia internodialis B.Hansen
  381. Justicia involucrata (Nees) Leonard
  382. Justicia iochila Mildbr.
  383. Justicia irumuensis (Lindau) Bamps & Champl.
  384. Justicia irwinii Wassh.
  385. Justicia ischnorhachis Leonard
  386. Justicia israelvargasii Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  387. Justicia isthmensis T.F.Daniel
  388. Justicia itatiaiensis Profice
  389. Justicia ivohibensis Benoist
  390. Justicia ixodes Leonard
  391. Justicia ixtlania T.F.Daniel
  392. Justicia jacobinioides Leonard
  393. Justicia jacuipensis A.L.A.Côrtes & Rapini
  394. Justicia jamaicensis (Britton) Stearn
  395. Justicia jamisonii Jongkind & Vollesen
  396. Justicia japurensis Profice
  397. Justicia jitotolana T.F.Daniel
  398. Justicia johannae Benoist
  399. Justicia jujuyensis C.Ezcurra
  400. Justicia kampotiana Benoist
  401. Justicia kanal T.F.Daniel
  402. Justicia karsticola T.F.Daniel
  403. Justicia kempeana F.Muell.
  404. Justicia keriana Sweet
  405. Justicia kerrii J.B.Imlay
  406. Justicia kessleri Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  407. Justicia kiborianensis (Hedrén) Vollesen
  408. Justicia killipii Leonard
  409. Justicia kirkbridei Wassh.
  410. Justicia kirkiana T.Anderson
  411. Justicia kiwuensis Mildbr.
  412. Justicia kleinii Wassh. & L.B.Sm.
  413. Justicia kouytcheensis (H.Lév.) E.Hossain
  414. Justicia kucharii Hedrén
  415. Justicia kuestera V.A.W.Graham
  416. Justicia kulalensis Vollesen
  417. Justicia kunhardtii Leonard
  418. Justicia kuntzei Lindau
  419. Justicia kurzii C.B.Clarke
  420. Justicia kwangsiensis (H.S.Lo) H.S.Lo
  421. Justicia ladanoides Lam.
  422. Justicia lamprophylla Leonard
  423. Justicia lanceolata (Chapm.) Small
  424. Justicia lanstyakii Rizzini
  425. Justicia laotica Benoist
  426. Justicia larsenii Rueangs. & Chantar.
  427. Justicia latiflora Hemsl.
  428. Justicia lavandulifolia (Nees) Pohl ex Nees
  429. Justicia laxa T.Anderson
  430. Justicia lazarus S.Moore
  431. Justicia leikipiensis S.Moore
  432. Justicia lenticellata Champl.
  433. Justicia leonardii Wassh.
  434. Justicia lepida (Moric.) Wassh.
  435. Justicia leptochlamys Leonard
  436. Justicia leptophylla Leonard
  437. Justicia leptostachya Hemsl.
  438. Justicia leucerythra Leonard
  439. Justicia leucoesthes Benoist
  440. Justicia leucostachya (Bremek.) V.A.W.Graham
  441. Justicia leucothamna (Standl.) T.F.Daniel, Carnevali & Tapia
  442. Justicia leucoxiphus Vollesen, Cheek & Ghogue
  443. Justicia lianshanica (H.S.Lo) H.S.Lo
  444. Justicia lilloana Ariza
  445. Justicia lilloi (J.L.Lotti) C.Ezcurra
  446. Justicia linaria T.Anderson
  447. Justicia linearis B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
  448. Justicia linearispica C.B.Clarke
  449. Justicia lineolata Ruiz & Pav.
  450. Justicia linifolia (Lindau) V.A.W.Graham
  451. Justicia lithophila Hammel & Kiel
  452. Justicia lithospermoides Lindau
  453. Justicia littoralis J.R.I.Wood
  454. Justicia lobata Benoist
  455. Justicia loheri C.B.Clarke
  456. Justicia longiacuminata Rusby
  457. Justicia longii Hilsenb.
  458. Justicia longipetiolata Y.Tong & Y.F.Deng
  459. Justicia longula Benoist
  460. Justicia lorata Ensermu
  461. Justicia loretensis Lindau
  462. Justicia lovoiensis Champl.
  463. Justicia loxensis Wassh.
  464. Justicia lucindae T.F.Daniel & V.W.Steinm.
  465. Justicia lugoi Wassh.
  466. Justicia lukei Vollesen
  467. Justicia lundellii Leonard
  468. Justicia luschnathii Lindau
  469. Justicia luzmariae T.F.Daniel, Carnevali & Tapia
  470. Justicia lythroides (Nees) V.A.W.Graham
  471. Justicia macarenensis Leonard
  472. Justicia macrantha Benth.
  473. Justicia madagascariensis Lindau
  474. Justicia madrensis T.F.Daniel
  475. Justicia magdalenensis J.R.I.Wood
  476. Justicia maguirei Wassh.
  477. Justicia maingayi C.B.Clarke
  478. Justicia malacophylla Leonard
  479. Justicia mandonii (Lindau) Wassh. & C.Ezcurra
  480. Justicia manserichensis Wassh.
  481. Justicia mariae Hedrén
  482. Justicia marojejiensis Benoist
  483. Justicia martiana (Nees) Lindau
  484. Justicia martinsoniana R.A.Howard
  485. Justicia masiaca T.F.Daniel
  486. Justicia matammensis (Schweinf.) Oliv.
  487. Justicia matogrossensis Wassh.
  488. Justicia matudae T.F.Daniel
  489. Justicia maxima (Lindau) S.Moore
  490. Justicia maya T.F.Daniel
  491. Justicia mbalaensis Vollesen
  492. Justicia mcdadeana A.S.Reis, A.Gil & Kameyama
  493. Justicia mcdowellii Wassh.
  494. Justicia mckenleyi Proctor
  495. Justicia mediocris Benoist
  496. Justicia medranoi Henrickson & Hiriart
  497. Justicia megalantha Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  498. Justicia mendax (Lindau) Wassh.
  499. Justicia mendoncae Benoist
  500. Justicia mesetarum Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  501. Justicia metallica Lindau
  502. Justicia metallicorum S.Moore
  503. Justicia metallorum P.A.Duvign.
  504. Justicia mexiae T.F.Daniel
  505. Justicia meyeniana (Nees) Lindau
  506. Justicia micrantha Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
  507. Justicia microcarpa Ridl.
  508. Justicia microthyrsa Vollesen
  509. Justicia migeodii (S.Moore) V.A.W.Graham
  510. Justicia miguelii V.A.W.Graham
  511. Justicia minensis Profice
  512. Justicia minima A.Meeuse
  513. Justicia minutiflora Benoist
  514. Justicia minutifolia Chiov.
  515. Justicia mirabiloides Lam.
  516. Justicia mirandae T.F.Daniel
  517. Justicia mkungweensis Vollesen
  518. Justicia modesta (Bremek.) V.A.W.Graham
  519. Justicia mogandjoensis De Wild.
  520. Justicia mollugo C.B.Clarke
  521. Justicia monachinoi Wassh.
  522. Justicia monopleurantha (Lindau) Wassh.
  523. Justicia montealegrensis F.A.Silva & Kameyama
  524. Justicia monticola (Nees) Profice
  525. Justicia montis-salinarum A.Meeuse
  526. Justicia moretiana Burm.f.
  527. Justicia moritziana Wassh.
  528. Justicia morona-santiagoensis Wassh.
  529. Justicia mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Lindau
  530. Justicia multibracteata Benoist
  531. Justicia multicaulis Donn.Sm.
  532. Justicia multiglandulosa F.A.Silva & Kameyama
  533. Justicia myuros Benoist
  534. Justicia namatophila Leonard
  535. Justicia nana (Nees) Lindau
  536. Justicia nanofrutex Champl.
  537. Justicia neesiana (Nees) Wall. ex T.Anderson
  538. Justicia nelsonii (Greenm.) T.F.Daniel
  539. Justicia nematocalix Lindau
  540. Justicia nemorosa Sw.
  541. Justicia neomontana Bennet & Sum.Chandra
  542. Justicia nervata (Lindau) Profice
  543. Justicia neurantha Collett & Hemsl.
  544. Justicia neurochlamys Leonard
  545. Justicia nevlingii Wassh. & T.F.Daniel
  546. Justicia niassensis Vollesen
  547. Justicia nicaraguensis Durkee
  548. Justicia nigerica S.Moore
  549. Justicia niokolo-kobae Berhaut
  550. Justicia nkandlaensis (Immelman) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
  551. Justicia nodicaulis (Nees) Leonard
  552. Justicia novogaliciana T.F.Daniel
  553. Justicia novogranatensis Leonard
  554. Justicia nummulus Benoist
  555. Justicia nuriana Wassh.
  556. Justicia nuttii C.B.Clarke
  557. Justicia nyassana Lindau
  558. Justicia oaxacana (Greenm.) T.F.Daniel
  559. Justicia obcordata Benoist
  560. Justicia oblongifolia (Lindau) M.E.Steiner
  561. Justicia obovata Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  562. Justicia obtusicapsula Hedrén
  563. Justicia ochroleuca Blume
  564. Justicia odora (Forssk.) Lam.
  565. Justicia oellgaardii Wassh.
  566. Justicia oldemanii Wassh.
  567. Justicia olmeca T.F.Daniel
  568. Justicia oncodes (Lindau) Wassh. & C.Ezcurra
  569. Justicia oranensis N.De Marco & Ter.Ruiz
  570. Justicia orbicularis (Lindau) V.A.W.Graham
  571. Justicia orchioides L.f.
  572. Justicia oreadum S.Moore
  573. Justicia oreophila C.B.Clarke
  574. Justicia oreopola Leonard
  575. Justicia oriximinensis F.A.Silva & Kameyama
  576. Justicia ornatopila Ensermu
  577. Justicia ornithopoda Benoist
  578. Justicia orosiensis Durkee
  579. Justicia otophora C.B.Clarke
  580. Justicia ovalis Ridl.
  581. Justicia oxypages Leonard
  582. Justicia pacifica (Oerst.) Hemsl.
  583. Justicia palaciosii Wassh.
  584. Justicia pallida J.B.Imlay
  585. Justicia palmeri Rose
  586. Justicia panamense Durkee
  587. Justicia panarensis Wassh.
  588. Justicia panduriformis Benoist
  589. Justicia pannieri Leonard
  590. Justicia parabolica (Nees) Profice
  591. Justicia paracambi Braz
  592. Justicia paraensis F.A.Silva, A.Gil & Kameyama
  593. Justicia parahyba P.L.R.Moraes
  594. Justicia parguazensis Wassh.
  595. Justicia parimensis Wassh.
  596. Justicia paruana Wassh.
  597. Justicia parvibracteata Leonard
  598. Justicia paspaloides Benoist
  599. Justicia pastazana Wassh.
  600. Justicia patentiflora Hemsl.
  601. Justicia paucifolia T.F.Daniel
  602. Justicia paucinervis Benoist
  603. Justicia pedemontana Champl.
  604. Justicia pedestris Benoist
  605. Justicia pedicellata D.N.Gibson
  606. Justicia pedropalensis J.R.I.Wood
  607. Justicia pelianthia Leonard
  608. Justicia peninsularis Gómez-Laur. & Hammel
  609. Justicia peratanthoides Urb. & Ekman
  610. Justicia periplocifolia Jacq.
  611. Justicia perrieri Kottaim.
  612. Justicia petiolaris (Nees) T.Anderson
  613. Justicia petraea Leonard
  614. Justicia petterssonii (Hedrén) Vollesen
  615. Justicia phaeocarpa (Nees) Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas
  616. Justicia pharmacodes Leonard
  617. Justicia phillipsiae Rendle
  618. Justicia phlebodes Leonard & Gentry
  619. Justicia phlebophylla Leonard
  620. Justicia phlomoides Mildbr.
  621. Justicia phyllocalyx (Lindau) Wassh. & C.Ezcurra
  622. Justicia phyllostachys C.B.Clarke
  623. Justicia physogaster Lindau
  624. Justicia phytolaccoides Leonard
  625. Justicia piauhiensis (Nees) V.A.W.Graham
  626. Justicia pilosa (Nees) Lindau
  627. Justicia pilosella (Nees) Hilsenb.
  628. Justicia pilosocordata C.B.Clarke
  629. Justicia pilosula Benoist
  630. Justicia pilzii T.F.Daniel
  631. Justicia pinensis S.Moore
  632. Justicia pinguior C.B.Clarke
  633. Justicia pittieri Lindau
  634. Justicia platysepala (S.Moore) P.G.Mey.
  635. Justicia plebeia Benoist
  636. Justicia plectranthoides Vollesen & I.Darbysh.
  637. Justicia plowmanii Wassh.
  638. Justicia plumbaginifolia J.Jacq.
  639. Justicia pluriformis Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  640. Justicia poeppigiana (Nees) Lindau
  641. Justicia poggei Lindau
  642. Justicia pohliana Profice
  643. Justicia poilanei Benoist
  644. Justicia polita (Nees) Profice
  645. Justicia polyantha Benoist
  646. Justicia polygonoides Kunth
  647. Justicia polystachia Lam.
  648. Justicia porphyrocoma Leonard
  649. Justicia potamogeton Lindau
  650. Justicia potamophila Lindau
  651. Justicia potarensis (Bremek.) Wassh.
  652. Justicia pozuzoensis Wassh.
  653. Justicia prachuapensis Rueangs. & Chantar.
  654. Justicia preussii (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
  655. Justicia prevostiae Wassh.
  656. Justicia prietori Wassh.
  657. Justicia pringlei B.L.Rob.
  658. Justicia prominens Benoist
  659. Justicia protracta (Nees) T.Anderson
  660. Justicia pseudoamazonica Lindau
  661. Justicia pseudohypoestes Benoist
  662. Justicia pseudorungia Lindau
  663. Justicia pseudospicata H.S.Lo & D.Fang
  664. Justicia pseudotenella Champl.
  665. Justicia puberula Immelman
  666. Justicia pubiflora C.B.Clarke
  667. Justicia pubigera (Nees) Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
  668. Justicia pulgarensis (Elmer) C.M.Gao & Y.F.Deng
  669. Justicia purpusii (Brandegee) D.N.Gibson
  670. Justicia pusilla M.J.Silva
  671. Justicia pycnophylla Lindau
  672. Justicia pygmaea Lindau
  673. Justicia pynaertii De Wild.
  674. Justicia pyrrhostachya (Lindau) Wassh.
  675. Justicia quadrifaria (Nees) T.Anderson
  676. Justicia racemulosa Wikstr.
  677. Justicia radicans Vahl
  678. Justicia ramosii (Quisumb. & Merr.) Y.Tong & Y.F.Deng
  679. Justicia ramulosa (Morong) C.Ezcurra
  680. Justicia rauhii Wassh.
  681. Justicia readii T.F.Daniel & Wassh.
  682. Justicia rectiflora (Lindau) V.A.W.Graham
  683. Justicia refractifolia (Kuntze) Leonard
  684. Justicia refulgens Leonard
  685. Justicia reginaldii Wassh.
  686. Justicia regis Hedrén
  687. Justicia regnellii Lindau
  688. Justicia reitzii Leonard
  689. Justicia remotifolia Ridl.
  690. Justicia rendlei C.B.Clarke
  691. Justicia reptabunda Benoist
  692. Justicia rhodantha Benoist
  693. Justicia rhodesiana S.Moore
  694. Justicia rhodoides Leonard
  695. Justicia rhodoptera Baker
  696. Justicia rhomboidea Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  697. Justicia richardii Benoist
  698. Justicia richardsiae Hedrén
  699. Justicia rictus Benoist
  700. Justicia riedeliana (Nees) V.A.W.Graham
  701. Justicia rigens Benoist
  702. Justicia rigida Balf.f.
  703. Justicia riojana Lindau
  704. Justicia riopalenquensis Wassh.
  705. Justicia riparia Kameyama
  706. Justicia robertii V.A.W.Graham
  707. Justicia robinsonii Ridl.
  708. Justicia rodgersii Vollesen
  709. Justicia rohrii Vahl
  710. Justicia roigii Britton ex Alain
  711. Justicia romba Benoist
  712. Justicia roseopunctata (Ridl.) Ridl. ex S.Moore
  713. Justicia rothschuhii (Lindau) Durkee
  714. Justicia rubicunda (Hochst.) Fourc.
  715. Justicia rubriflora Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  716. Justicia rubrobracteata Alcantara & G.Soares
  717. Justicia rubropicta Benoist
  718. Justicia rubroviolacea Benoist
  719. Justicia ruiziana Lindau
  720. Justicia rupestris Ridl.
  721. Justicia rusbyana Lindau
  722. Justicia rusbyi (Lindau) V.A.W.Graham
  723. Justicia ruwenzoriensis C.B.Clarke
  724. Justicia rzedowskii (Acosta) T.F.Daniel
  725. Justicia sabulicola Benoist
  726. Justicia saksuwaniae Rueangs. & Chantar.
  727. Justicia salasiae T.F.Daniel & E.J.Lott
  728. Justicia salicifolia Blume
  729. Justicia salma-margaritae Acosta
  730. Justicia saltensis Ter.Ruiz & N.De Marco
  731. Justicia salvadorensis Standl.
  732. Justicia salviiflora Kunth
  733. Justicia salvioides Milne-Redh.
  734. Justicia sambiranensis Benoist
  735. Justicia sanchezioides Leonard
  736. Justicia sangilensis T.F.Daniel & Véliz
  737. Justicia santapaui Bennet
  738. Justicia santelisiana Acosta & T.F.Daniel
  739. Justicia sarapiquensis McDade
  740. Justicia sarmentosa (Nees) Lindau
  741. Justicia sarothroides Lindau
  742. Justicia scandens Vahl
  743. Justicia scansilis (Rizzini) V.A.W.Graham
  744. Justicia scheidweileri V.A.W.Graham
  745. Justicia schenckiana Lindau
  746. Justicia schimperiana (Hochst. ex Nees) T.Anderson
  747. Justicia schneideri Leonard
  748. Justicia schoensis Lindau
  749. Justicia schomburgkiana (Nees) V.A.W.Graham
  750. Justicia schultesii Leonard
  751. Justicia sciera Leonard
  752. Justicia sciota Leonard
  753. Justicia scortechinii C.B.Clarke
  754. Justicia scutifera Champl.
  755. Justicia scytophylla Leonard
  756. Justicia sebastianopolitanae Profice
  757. Justicia seclusa Benoist
  758. Justicia segoviaensis P.Soumya & Sunojk.
  759. Justicia sejuncta Champl.
  760. Justicia sellowiana Profice
  761. Justicia senicula Benoist
  762. Justicia sericea Ruiz & Pav.
  763. Justicia sericiflora Benoist
  764. Justicia serrana Kameyama
  765. Justicia seslerioides S.Moore
  766. Justicia sessilifolia (Lindau) Wassh.
  767. Justicia siccanea W.W.Sm.
  768. Justicia silvicola D.N.Gibson
  769. Justicia simonisia V.A.W.Graham
  770. Justicia siraensis Wassh.
  771. Justicia sitiens Benoist
  772. Justicia sivadasanii Sunil, K.M.P.Kumar & Naveen Kum.
  773. Justicia skutchii Leonard
  774. Justicia soliana Standl.
  775. Justicia sonorae Wassh.
  776. Justicia soukupii (Standl. & F.A.Barkley) V.A.W.Graham
  777. Justicia sphaerosperma Vahl
  778. Justicia spicigera Schltdl.
  779. Justicia spinigera Urb. & Ekman
  780. Justicia spinosissima Alain
  781. Justicia sprucei V.A.W.Graham
  782. Justicia squarrosa Griseb.
  783. Justicia stachytarphetoides (Lindau) C.B.Clarke
  784. Justicia stearnii V.A.W.Graham
  785. Justicia steinbachiorum Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  786. Justicia stellata (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) T.F.Daniel
  787. Justicia stenophylla Urb. & Britton
  788. Justicia sterea Leonard
  789. Justicia stereostachya Leonard
  790. Justicia steyermarkii Standl. & Leonard
  791. Justicia stipitata Wassh. & Arroyo
  792. Justicia straminea D.N.Gibson
  793. Justicia striata (Klotzsch) Bullock
  794. Justicia strigilis Benoist
  795. Justicia striolata Mildbr.
  796. Justicia suarezensis Benoist
  797. Justicia subalternans C.B.Clarke
  798. Justicia subcordatifolia Vollesen & I.Darbysh.
  799. Justicia subcoriacea Ridl.
  800. Justicia subcymosa C.B.Clarke
  801. Justicia subpaniculata Benoist
  802. Justicia sulitii Y.Tong & Y.F.Deng
  803. Justicia sulphuriflora Hedrén
  804. Justicia sumatrana (Miq.) Kurz
  805. Justicia suratensis J.B.Imlay
  806. Justicia symphyantha (Nees) Lindau
  807. Justicia syncollotheca Milne-Redh.
  808. Justicia takhinensis R.Atk.
  809. Justicia tanalensis S.Moore
  810. Justicia tarapotensis Lindau
  811. Justicia teletheca T.F.Daniel
  812. Justicia telloensis Hedrén
  813. Justicia tenera (Turrill) D.N.Gibson
  814. Justicia tenuiflora Ruiz & Pav.
  815. Justicia tenuipes S.Moore
  816. Justicia tenuis Merr.
  817. Justicia tenuissima J.B.Imlay
  818. Justicia tenuistachys (Rusby) Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  819. Justicia thailandica Y.F.Deng & Y.Tong
  820. Justicia thiniophila Ensermu
  821. Justicia thomensis Lindau
  822. Justicia thunbergioides (Lindau) Leonard
  823. Justicia thymifolia (Nees) C.B.Clarke
  824. Justicia tianguensis T.F.Daniel
  825. Justicia tinctoriella Bennet & Raizada
  826. Justicia tobagensis (Urb.) Wassh.
  827. Justicia tocantina (Nees) V.A.W.Graham
  828. Justicia tomentosula (Urb.) Stearn
  829. Justicia tonduzii Lindau
  830. Justicia toroensis S.Moore
  831. Justicia torresii T.F.Daniel
  832. Justicia totonaca T.F.Daniel
  833. Justicia tranquebariensis L.f.
  834. Justicia tremulifolia Lindau
  835. Justicia trianae (Leonard) J.R.I.Wood
  836. Justicia trichocarpa J.B.Imlay
  837. Justicia trichophylla Baker
  838. Justicia trichotoma (Kuntze) Leonard
  839. Justicia trifoliata Roem. & Schult.
  840. Justicia triloba (Lindau) E.C.O.Chagas & Costa-Lima
  841. Justicia tristis (Nees) T.Anderson
  842. Justicia trivialis Benoist
  843. Justicia tubulosa (Nees) T.Anderson
  844. Justicia tukuchensis V.A.W.Graham
  845. Justicia turipachensis T.F.Daniel
  846. Justicia tutukuensis Champl.
  847. Justicia tuxtlensis T.F.Daniel
  848. Justicia uber C.B.Clarke
  849. Justicia udzungwaensis Vollesen
  850. Justicia ukagurensis Hedrén
  851. Justicia ulei Lindau
  852. Justicia umbricola Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  853. Justicia unguiculata Leonard
  854. Justicia unyorensis S.Moore
  855. Justicia upembensis Hedrén
  856. Justicia urophylla (Lindau) D.N.Gibson
  857. Justicia uvida Wassh.
  858. Justicia uxpanapensis T.F.Daniel
  859. Justicia vagabunda Benoist
  860. Justicia vagans Collett & Hemsl.
  861. Justicia valerii Leonard
  862. Justicia valida Ridl.
  863. Justicia valvata T.F.Daniel
  864. Justicia varians (C.B.Clarke) Vollesen
  865. Justicia vasculosa (Nees) T.Anderson
  866. Justicia vasculosoides Rueangs. & Chantar.
  867. Justicia velizii T.F.Daniel
  868. Justicia venalis Benoist
  869. Justicia ventricosa Wall. ex Nees
  870. Justicia venulosa Ridl.
  871. Justicia veracruzana T.F.Daniel
  872. Justicia veraguensis T.F.Daniel & Wassh.
  873. Justicia vernalis Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  874. Justicia vicina Benoist
  875. Justicia vidalii C.B.Clarke
  876. Justicia violaceotincta Champl.
  877. Justicia virescens Ridl.
  878. Justicia virgata (Nees) T.Anderson
  879. Justicia viridescens (Leonard) T.F.Daniel
  880. Justicia viridifavescens Lindau
  881. Justicia vitzliputzli Lindau
  882. Justicia vixspicata Lindau
  883. Justicia volkeri U.B.Deshmukh & Gnanasek.
  884. Justicia wallnoeferi Wassh.
  885. Justicia wardii W.W.Sm.
  886. Justicia warmingii Hiern
  887. Justicia warnockii B.L.Turner
  888. Justicia wasshauseniana Profice
  889. Justicia wasshausenii Kottaim.
  890. Justicia weberbaueri (Lindau) Wassh.
  891. Justicia weihongjinii Y.F.Deng, Y.Tong & Y.S.Huang
  892. Justicia wendtii T.F.Daniel
  893. Justicia whytei S.Moore
  894. Justicia wilhelminensis Wassh.
  895. Justicia williamsii T.F.Daniel
  896. Justicia wrightii A.Gray
  897. Justicia wurdackii Leonard
  898. Justicia wynaadensis (Nees) T.Anderson
  899. Justicia xantholeuca W.W.Sm.
  900. Justicia xanthostachya Leonard
  901. Justicia xerobatica W.W.Sm.
  902. Justicia xipotensis (Schult.) A.L.A.Côrtes & Rapini
  903. Justicia xylosteoides Griseb.
  904. Justicia yhuensis Lindau
  905. Justicia yungensis Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  906. Justicia yunnanensis W.W.Sm.
  907. Justicia yurimaguensis Lindau
  908. Justicia yuyoensis Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
  909. Justicia zamorensis Wassh.
  910. Justicia zamudioi T.F.Daniel
  911. Justicia zapoteca T.F.Daniel
  912. Justicia zarucchii Wassh.
  913. Justicia zopilotensis Henrickson & Hiriart

Why Justicia Matters

Beyond their aesthetic appeal, Justicia plants play a crucial role in their ecosystems. They provide food and shelter for various insects and animals, contributing to biodiversity. Some species have medicinal properties and are used in traditional medicine to treat various ailments. Additionally, they are important for research, as they offer insights into plant evolution, adaptation, and ecological interactions.

My Connection with Justicia

I first encountered Justicia during a botanical garden visit. I was immediately struck by the vibrant colors and unique shapes of their flowers. I started researching the genus, learning about its diversity and ecological significance. Since then, I’ve become an avid admirer of these plants, often observing them in their natural habitats and cultivating a few species in my garden.

I believe it’s crucial to appreciate and conserve the diversity of our planet’s flora. Justicia, with its vast array of species, serves as a reminder of the beauty and complexity of the natural world. By understanding and protecting these plants, we contribute to the health of our planet and ensure that future generations can enjoy their splendor.

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