Justicia L.

Plants of Namibia
ACANTHACEAE
Justicia/Monechma
C'.Tripp & Kyle Dexter #2043, with Hendrina Hasheela & Leevi Lanyeni.
26-Aug-ll
Determination:
Bukaros Volcano, W of B1 between Mariental and Keetmanshoop, road leaves from
Tses; shallow volcanic crater with dry shrublands dominated by quivertree (Aloe), old
lava flows, and steep surrounding slopes, shrub to 0.75 m, lower lip purple, somewhat
locally abundant
25°52'31.9"S 17°47'34.5"E +/-20 m. WGS 84. 917 m elevation.
Duplicates: RSA, K, CAS, US, NY, MO. Primary set of all collections deposited at WIND. Funded by US
National Science Foundation DEB-0919594 (to E. Tripp & L. McDade).
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