Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Acanthaceae Juss.
Justicia L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
15
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5 :
10
[secondary reference]
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 :
476
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868) , Flora Australiensis 4 :
549
[secondary reference]
replaced synonym:
Rostellularia Rchb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Rhaphidospora Nees
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
99
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Rostellaria Nees
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Rostellularia Rchb.
legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
229
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
374
[secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. (1918) , Flora of Bermuda :
354
[secondary reference]
Type:
Justicia adhatoda L.
Black, J.M. (1929) , Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4 :
518
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"After James Justice, who published some works on gardening at Edinburgh about the middle of the 18th century."
Domin, K. (1930) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
1158
[secondary reference]
A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 1708-1709 (1991) records all Justicia names published by K.Domin in this work as being given as "Justicea"; however, this appears to be an error by Chapman.
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4 :
777
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"After James Justice, who published some works on gardening at Edinburgh about the middle of the 18th century."
Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Pedaliaceae, Acanthaceae. Flora of Central Australia :
337
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Sarojusticia Bremek.
legitimate
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants :
965
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
61
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Acanthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
455-457
[secondary reference]
Graham, V.A.W. (1988) , Delimitation and infra-generic classification of Justicia (Acanthaceae). Kew Bulletin 43(4) :
551-624
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera :
19, 36, 78, 370, 376, 383
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Adhatoda Mill.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Rhaphidospora Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Rostellularia Rchb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anisostachya Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calophanoides ( C.B.Clarke) Ridl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Sarojusticia Bremek.
legitimate
Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993) , Acanthaceae. Flora of Australia 50 :
388
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Gendarussa Nees
legitimate
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
11
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
447
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Rhaphidospora Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Rostellularia Rchb.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Adhatoda Mill.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gendarussa Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Simonisia Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cyrtanthera Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anisostachya Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Adhatoda sect. Betonica Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Betonica ( Nees) T.Anderson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Anisostachya ( Nees) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Drejerella Lindau
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Drejerella ( Lindau) V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Simonisia ( Nees) V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Cyrtanthera ( Nees) V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia subsect. Anisostachya ( Nees) V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Ecbolium Kuntze
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Justicia subsect. Betonica V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
misapplication:
Rungia Nees
legitimate
by Bailey, F.M. (1901) , The Queensland Flora 4 : 1150
APC Dist.:
ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (doubtfully naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Rostellularia Rchb.
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868) , Flora Australiensis 4 : 549
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Rhaphidospora Nees
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868) , Flora Australiensis 4 : 549
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Isoglossa Oerst.
nom. cons.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Adhatoda Mill.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Beloperone Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gendarussa Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Simonisia Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cyrtanthera Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anisostachya Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Adhatoda sect. Betonica Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Betonica ( Nees) T.Anderson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Anisostachya ( Nees) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Drejerella Lindau
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Drejerella ( Lindau) V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Simonisia ( Nees) V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia sect. Cyrtanthera ( Nees) V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Justicia subsect. Anisostachya ( Nees) V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Ecbolium Kuntze
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Justicia subsect. Betonica V.A.W.Graham
legitimate
misapplication:
Rungia Nees
legitimate
by Bailey, F.M. (1901) , The Queensland Flora 4 : 1150
APC Dist.:
ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (doubtfully naturalised)