Justicia obovata Wassh. & J.R.I.Wood
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Authority
Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
TYPE: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Purus/Rio Itaxi: Rio Curuqueta, Providencia, 27 Jul 1971, Prance et at 14652 (holotype K; isotypes A, F, INPA, MG, NY, R, S, U, US-2648648).
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Description
Description - Undershrub (0.3-) 1-1.7 m high; stems rounded, ± bifariously coarsely pilose; leaves petiolate, petioles 0.3-2.5 cm long, blades narrowly oblong-elliptic, coarsely pilose with brownish trichomes, 3-17 x 2-6 cm wide; inflorescence of solitary, pedunculate spikes from upper leaf axils, peduncle 1.5-3 cm long, densely pilose, spike 3-15 cm long, flowers imbricate; bracts obovate-spathulate, densely ciliate and with a line of trichomes along dorsal midrib, 7-9 x 5-7 mm; bracteoles oblanceolate, indumentum similar to that of bracts but more glandular-pilose, 7-10 x 2 mm; calyx subequally 5-lobed, lobes 8 x 1 mm, linear, pilose with stiff, spreading eglandular trichomes; corolla yellowish, ± glabrous without, 16-17 mm long, tube ca. 9 x 2 mm with a slightly bulbous base, lips ca. 7 mm long, upper lips entire, lobes of lower lip 1 x 1 mm; anthers ± equaling lips; capsule 8-11 x 2 mm, clavate with a sterile base, glabrescent.