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Justicia

not marked as a favorite taxon Justicia cooleyi Monachino & Leonard. Common name: Cooley’s Water-willow, Cooley’s Justicia. Phenology: Aug-Jan (-Jul). Habitat: Calcareous hammocks. Distribution: Endemic to nc. peninsular FL (Lake, Sumter, and Hernando counties).

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Daniel (2013) argued that J. cooleyi merely represents disjunct populations of the neotropical J. pringlei. Wunderlin, Hansen, & Franck (2019) additionally treated the populations in FL as introduced.

Synonymy ⓘ: = GW2, NS, POWO, WH3, Long (1970); = n/a — S; < Justicia pringlei B.L.Rob. — Fl6, K4, Daniel (2013). Basionym: Justicia cooleyi Monach. & Leonard 1959

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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image #1 of Justicia cooleyi© Roger L. Hammer | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Justicia cooleyi© Vida Svahnström, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Vida Svahnström source CC-BY-NC | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Justicia cooleyi© A Clarke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by A Clarke source CC-BY-NC | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Justicia cooleyi© Vida Svahnström, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Vida Svahnström source CC-BY-NC | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Justicia cooleyi© Vida Svahnström, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Vida Svahnström source CC-BY-NC | Original Image ⭷

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