- Family:
- Acanthaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Dianthera L.
Dianthera secunda (Lam.) Griseb.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 50–2100 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Cauca, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Quindío, Tolima.
- Habit
- Shrub, Subshrub.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: artificial - terrestrial.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- curatodo, insulina, sangrito, singamochila
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 50 - 2100 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe.
- Morphology General Habit
- Subarbusto, arbusto
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Leeward Is., Panamá, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Benin, Bermuda, Gabon, Guatemala
- Amphiscopia ciliata Moric. ex Nees
- Amphiscopia moricandiana Nees
- Dianthera lucida (Andrews) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Dianthera secunda var. geniculata (Sims) Griseb.
- Dianthera secunda var. holtonii Hochr.
- Dianthera secunda var. lucida (Andrews) Griseb.
- Ecbolium geniculatum (Sims) Kuntze
- Ecbolium lucidum (Andrews) Kuntze
- Ecbolium moricandianum (Nees) Kuntze
- Ecbolium orthotactus Kuntze
- Ecbolium secundum (Lam.) Kuntze
- Justicia caripensis Kunth
- Justicia geniculata Sims
- Justicia lucida Andrews
- Justicia moricandiana (Nees) Lemée
- Justicia secunda Lam.
- Justicia secunda var. leucantha Leonard
- Lustrinia geniculata Raf.
- Rhacodiscus lucidus (Andrews) Lindau
- Rhacodiscus moricandianus (Nees) Bremek.
- Rhacodiscus secundus (Lam.) Bremek.
- Rhytiglossa geniculata Nees
- Rhytiglossa lucida (Andrews) Nees
- Rhytiglossa moricandiana Nees
- Rhytiglossa secunda (Lam.) Nees
- Sericographis caripensis Nees
Dianthera secunda (Lam.) Griseb. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Oct 1, 2012 | Mamadou Ngombou, E. [166], Gabon | Justicia secunda | K000662423 | No |
First published in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 246 (1857)
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Justicia secunda.]
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