Accession Data

Justicia cydoniifolia

Common Name: Brazilian Red Cloak, Red Justicia

Family: Acanthaceae

Country of Origin: Brazil

Description: Showy tropical shrub to 3m high, with appressed reddish hairs; stout stems with broad ovate leaves 12-30cm long, dark green with pink midrib; inflorescence with conspicuous crimson bracts and two lipped white flowers.

Accession Data

Accession #: 198500137

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1315

Quantity: 2

Source: Unknown

Provenance:

  • Originally in collection as Adhatoda cydoniifoila Nees.
  • Name changed to Justicia cydoniifolia Griseb.2 - unresolved name

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Lamiales

Family: Acanthaceae

SubFamily: Acanthoideae

Tribe: Justicieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Exotica by A.B.Graf
  2. The Plant List (2010). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 September 2015.
  3. Justicia cydoniifolia at Brazilian Flora Online. Last accessed on Monday, May 15, 2017.

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