Justicia miguelii V.A.W.Graham

• Authority

  Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.

• Family

  Acanthaceae

• Scientific Name

  Justicia miguelii V.A.W.Graham

• Type

  Chaetochlamys lindavii Busby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4:429. 1907, non fusticia lindaui C.B. Clarke 1900. Type: Bolivia, Bang 2546 (holotype NY: isotypes K, US-32856).

• Description

  Description - Cinereous-puberulent herb 0.6-2 m; stems slender, green, obtusely quadrangular with swollen nodes: leaves petiolate, blades pale-green, 10-15 x 2.5-7 cm, ovate, mostly inequilateral, apically acuminate, tip acute, obtuse basally, entire, thin; inflorescence terminal, pedunculate, spicate, spikes forming a cluster with 2 flowers per node; bracts linear-oblong, 20-30 mm long, 1-nerved; bracteoles fused basally, linear-attenuate, 20 mm long; calyx 5-lobed, lobes 15 x 2.5 mm, lanceolate, apically aristate; corollas deep purple, 50-65 mm long, tube tubular, 40-50 mm long, slightly curved, upper lip slightly shorter than lower lip, apically erose, lower lip 20-25 mm long, the lobes 8-10 mm long; anther thecae superposed, oblique.