Justicia glabra J.Koenig ex Roxb.

First published in Fl. Ind. 1: 132 (1820)
This name is a synonym of Justicia scandens

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Justicia scandens.]
  • Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Flora Zambesiaca 8(6): 1-314. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Justicia scandens.]
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Justicia scandens.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226. [Cited as Justicia glabra.]
  • Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 1-544. [Cited as Justicia glabra.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aké Assi, Contrib. 1: 216.
  • F.T.A. 5: 208
  • Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall., 1: 132 (1820)
  • Hort. Beng. 4 (1814), name only
  • Milne-Redhead in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 24 (1954)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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