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Justicia L. [1753;Sp. Pl., 1: 15]

subtrib. Justiciinae > trib. Ruellieae > subfam. Acanthoideae > Acanthaceae
Type : J. hyssopifolia L. [1753;Sp. Pl., 1: 15]ᵇ
Synonymy :
Adhatoda Mill. [1754;Gard. Dict. ed. 4, s.p.]
Beloperone Nees [1832;in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar., 3: 76, 102]

Beloperonides Oerst. [1854;Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoben., 1854: 162]

Bentia Rolfe [1894;Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 1894(93): 338]

Calliaspidia Bremekamp [1948;Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Afd. Natuurk., 45(2): 54]

Calophanoides Ridley [1923;Fl. Malay Penins., 2: 592]

Calymmostachya Bremekamp [1965;Dansk Bot. Ark., 23(2): 217]

Centrilla Lindau [1900;in Urb., Symb. Antill., 2(2): 232]

Chaetochlamys Lindau [1895;Bull. Herb. Boissier, 3(9): 490]

Chaetothylax Nees [1847;in Mart., Fl. Bras., 9: 153]

Chaetothylopsis Oerst. [1854;Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoben., 1854: 163]

Corymbostachys Lindau [1897;Bot. Jahrb. Syst., 24(3): 322]

Cyrtanthera Nees [1847;in Mart., Fl. Bras., 9: 99, t. 14]

Diplanthera Gleditsch [1764;Syst. Pl., 154]

Drejerella Lindau [1900;in Urb., Symb. Antill., 2(2): 222]

Duvernoia Meyer E.H. ex Nees [1847;in DC. A., Prodr., 11: 322]

Dyspemptemorion Bremekamp [1948;Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 75(6): 670]

Ecbolium Kuntze [1891;Revis. Gen. Pl., 2: 486]
ill.
Gendarussa Nees [1832;in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar., 3: 76, 103]

Heinzelia Nees [1847;in Mart., Fl. Bras., 9: 153]

Ixtlania Jones M.E. [1929;Contrib. Western Bot., 15: 151]

Jacobinia Nees ex Moricand [1847;Pl. Nouv. Amer., 156]
cons.
Leptostachya Nees [1832;in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar., 3: 76, 105]

Libonia Koch C. [1863;Wochenschr. Vereines Beford. Gartenbaues, 6: 266]
Mananthes Bremekamp [1948;Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Afd. Natuurk., 45(2): 59]

Megalostoma Leonard E.C. [1940;J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 30(12): 503]

Monechma Hochst. [1841;Flora, 24: 374]
Neohallia Hemsl. [1882;Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot., 2: 519]

Orthotactus Nees [1847;in Mart., Fl. Bras., 9: 131]

Pelecostemon Leonard E.C. [1958;Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb., 31: 648]

Plegmatolemma Bremekamp [1965;Dansk Bot. Ark., 23(2): 219]

Psacadocalymma Bremekamp [1948;Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Afd. Natuurk., 45(2): 55]

Pupilla Rizzini [1949;Arq. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro, 9: 56]

Rhyticalymma Bremekamp [1948;Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Afd. Natuurk., 45(2): 60]

Rhytiglossa Oerst. [1854;Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoben., 1854: 154]

Rostellularia Reichenb. [1837;Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst., 190]
Sarotheca Nees [1847;in Mart., Fl. Bras., 9: 113, t. 18]

Sericographis Nees [1847;in Mart., Fl. Bras., 9: 109]

Simonisia Nees [1847;in Mart., Fl. Bras., 9: 144]

Sphinctacanthus Benth. [1876;in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl., 2(2): 1070, 1118]

Stethoma Raf. [1836;Fl. Tellur., 4: 61]

Tabascina Baill. [1891;Hist. Pl., 10: 445]

Thalestris Rizzini [1952;Dusenia, 3: 189]

Tyloglossa Hochst. [1842;Flora, 25(1, Beibl.): 144]

about 935 species

Distribution :
Africa : Canary Islands
Asia : India
Central America
South America

Shrub (Phanerophyte)