Justicia scheidweileri V.A.W.Graham
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Authority
Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Porphyrocoma lanceolata Hook., Curtis Bot. Mag. 71:t. 4176. 1845 (non J. lanceolata (Chapm.) Small, 1933). - Orthotactus pohlianus Nees, in Mart., Fl. Bras. 9(7): 134. 1847, nom. superfl.-- type as for P. lanceolata; non Cyrtanthera pohliana Nees (see J. carnea Lindl.) - Amphiscopia pohliana Nees, in DC, Prodr. 11:359. 1847, nom. superfl. - Porphyrocoma pohliana Lindau, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b):342. 1895, nom. superfl. Type: Brazil, species described from material cultivated in Brussels and Kew. The illustration, t, 4176 (above) is here chosen as the lectotype.
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Description
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Description - Herb or subshrub 30-80 cm tall; stems subquadrangular, grooved, glabrous, cystoliths prominent under a lens; leaves subsessile to petiolate, blades lanceolate, 8-15 x 2-4 cm, glabrous, dull green above with paler, silvery streaks along midvein and secondary veins, paler beneath, apically acuminate, basally attenuate and decurrent on petiole; inflorescence spicate, spikes clustered terminal and subterminally, deeply 4-angled, sessile or subsessile, 4-7 cm long and 2.5-3 cm broad; bracts imbricate, carmine red to bright purplish, obovate to orbicular, 16-18 x 12-13 mm, glabrous, acute to acuminate at tip, attenuate at bas, margin ciliolate; bracteoles spatulate-carinate, 9-10 x 3-3.25 mm, glabrous and ciliolate; calyx 5-lobed, lobes subequal, narrowly lanceolate to subulate, 5-6 x 1 mm, glabrous; corolla long exserted, tubular, purplish-blue to lilac, 30-32 mm long, glabrous, bilabiate, tube 20-22 mm long, gradually enlarged and slightly curs cd From base, 4-5 mm wide at throat, lips subequal, upper lip narrow, erect, 10-12 mm long, apically sparingly puberulous and bifid, lower lip broader lobed, somewhat spreading, 3-lobed, 12-13 mm long, lobes elliptic, subequal, middle lobe 4 x 2.5 mm lateral lobes 4 x 1.5 mm, all apically puberulous; anther thecae superposed; capsule oblong, stipitate, 8-9 x 3 x 2 mm, glabrous; seeds 2, flat, orbicular, 2 mm in diam.