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Issue: Vol. 494 No. 1: 31 March 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-31
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.13
Page range: 165–169
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 2

Justicia cordifolia, a new combination in Brazilian Acanthaceae 

Programa de pós-graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Algas e Plantas, Depto. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR-465, km 7, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
Atlantic rainforest Acanthoideae Justicieae morphology nomenclature taxonomy threatened species General

Abstract

Sericographis cordifolia is reinstated and a new combination Justicia cordifolia is proposed when transferred to Justicia. Additionally, a detailed morphologic description for this species, field photographs, taxonomic and nomenclatural comments, and species conservation status assessed according to IUCN criteria are provided.