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Justicia scabrida
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Habit
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaves
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Monechma scabrida (S.Moore) C.B.Clarke Pogonospermum scabridum (S.Moore) I. Darbysh. & Kiel |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial or shrubby herb with several erect or ascending stems from a woody rootstock; stems to 1.5 m long, puberulous to pubescent or sericeous-puberulous (rarely subglabrous), usually with a mixture of short appressed and longer spreading hairs. Leaves dark green, sparsely sericeous to puberulous, densest along veins, often also with longer spreading hairs; petiole 4–9(12) mm long; lamina narrowly ovate or narrowly elliptic, largest 7–14.5 × 1.5–4 cm, more than 3 times longer than wide; apex acute to subacuminate, base truncate to shortly attenuate. Flowers in 3–15(20) cm long racemoid cymes, terminal and from upper leaf axils, usually dense but occasionally interrupted in basal part; peduncle clearly defined, 1–5(7) cm long; lowermost bracts foliaceous or not, upwards differentiated, middle and upper yellowish green, with broad distinct hyaline margins, elliptic or (usually) narrowly so, 12–18 × 2.5–4 mm, finely puberulous or sericeous-puberulous or sparsely so, with scattered subsessile capitate glands, distinctly ciliate; bracteoles similar or narrower, 12–15 mm long, with similar indumentum. Calyx subequally 5-lobed, 6–7(9) mm long, finely puberulous or sparsely so and sometimes with a few longer hairs on midribs, not ciliate; lobes lanceolate, acuminate to cuspidate, usually with conspicuous hyaline margins, with strong central vein. Corolla white or creamy white, with mauve lines on lower lip, 11–15 mm long, finely or minutely puberulous; tube 5–6 mm long; upper lip 6–9 mm long, slightly hooded; lower lip 6–9 mm long, broadly oblong, lobes c.1 mm long. Capsule 8–12 mm long, densely and finely puberulous. Seeds mottled grey and black, 3–3.5 × 4–4.5 mm, whitish sericeous-puberulous on edges, sparser on flanks, glabrescent. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | scabrida: rough to the touch |
| Habitat: | Brachystegia woodland or tall grassland at dambo edges |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC (Katanga) and Zambia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 20 April 2023 |
| Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Kiel, C.A., Chase, F.M. & Manzitto-Tripp, E.A. (2022). The demise of Monechma: new combinations and a new classification in the resurrected genera Meiosperma and Pogonospermum (Acanthaceae) Kew Bulletin 77 Pages 249 - 270. Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Page 222. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Justicia scabridaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Justicia scabrida
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Justicia scabrida
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Justicia scabrida
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iNaturalist: Justicia scabrida
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Justicia scabrida
JSTOR Plant Science: Justicia scabrida
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Justicia scabrida
Plants of the World Online: Justicia scabrida
Tropicos: Justicia scabrida
Wikipedia: Justicia scabrida
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