Justicia Linnaeus. Common name: Water-willow.
A genus of 600 or more species, herbs and shrubs of the tropics and warm temperate North America. Justicia as circumscribed is highly polyphyletic and will need to be expanded further or split into smaller, monophyletic units. Any splitting will remove Justicia from our native flora, as the type of Justicia is Old World, and all the New World taxa form a separate clade.
References: Daniel (2013); Long (1970); Wasshausen (1998). Show full citations.
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© Bruce A. Sorrie | Justicia americana | Original Image ⭷
© Brady Reed, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Brady Reed | Justicia lanceolata source | Original Image ⭷
© Richard & Teresa Ware | Justicia ovata CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Justicia pilosella, South Llano State Park, Kimble County, Texas 1 by Alan Cressler | Justicia pilosella source | Original Image ⭷
© Scott Ward | Justicia angusta | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Justicia americana, New River, Sandstone Falls, New River Gorge National River, Raleigh and Summers Counties, West Virginia 1 by Alan Cressler | Justicia americana source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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