Justicia cydoniifolia

Common name: Brazilian Red Cloak, Red Justicia

Family: Acanthaceae

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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.

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Unknown

Provenance:

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

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Culture:

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: euasterid I
• Order: Lamiales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Acanthaceae
• SubFamily: Acanthoideae
• Tribe: Justicieae
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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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