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Issue: Vol. 698 No. 1: 22 Apr. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.698.1.7
Page range: 58-60
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Justicia perlisensis, a new name for Justicia rupestris Ridl. (Acanthaceae)

Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah 711103, West Bengal, India
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah 711103, West Bengal, India
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala 673635, India
Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, 3rd MSO Building, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064, West Bengal, India
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Abstract

Justicia L., one of the largest and most diverse genera in the family Acanthaceae, comprises approximately 1000 species worldwide (Manzitto-Tripp et al. 2022). Taxonomic studies on Justicia in Asia have been conducted by several authors (Anderson 1867, Clarke 1885, Ridley 1911, Craib 1912, Imlay 1938, Hansen 1985, Cramer 1998, Wood 2001, Hu et al. 2011, Bhattacharya & Karthigeyan 2023). However, a detailed study of this genus in the Malay Peninsula was first conducted by Clarke (1908) with a report of 18 species and later by Ridley (1923), who documented 30 species in the Flora of the Malay Peninsula.

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How to Cite

Soumya, P., Goswami, S., Sunojkumar, P. & Dash, S.S. (2025) Justicia perlisensis, a new name for Justicia rupestris Ridl. (Acanthaceae). Phytotaxa 698 (1): 58–60. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.698.1.7