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Accession Data:

Justicia cydoniifolia Griseb.

  • Common Name: Brazilian Red Cloak, Red Justicia
  • Family: Acanthaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Brazil
  • Habitat: tropical rainforest

  • Description: Showy tropical shrub to 3m high, with appressed reddish hairs; stout stems with broad ovate leaves 12-30cm long, dark green with pink midrib; inflorescence with conspicuous crimson bracts and two lipped white flowers.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500137
  • Source: Unknown
  • Provenance:
    • Originally in collection as Adhatoda cydoniifoila Nees.
    • Name changed to Justicia cydoniifolia Griseb.2 - unresolved name
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1315 - NEOA: East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 4 confirmed on 02-17-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Acanthaceae
  • SubFamily: Acanthoideae
  • Tribe: Justicieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Brazil Southeast

References (external):

  1. Exotica by A.B.Graf
  2. The Plant List (2010). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 September 2015.
  3. Justicia cydoniifolia at Brazilian Flora Online. Last accessed on Monday, May 15, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:54:16 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Justicia cydoniifolia

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W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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