Justicia aurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a shrub native to Mexico and Central America, ranging from northeastern Mexico to Panama.[1]

Justicia aurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Justicia
Species:
J. aurea
Binomial name
Justicia aurea
Schltdl. (1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Adhatoda vellasquezii (Bertol.) Nees (1847)
  • Cyrtanthera aurea var. glaberrima Nees (1847)
  • Cyrtanthera aurea (Schltdl.) Nees (1847)
  • Cyrtanthera catalpifolia Nees (1849)
  • Cyrtanthera umbrosa (Benth.) Nees (1847)
  • Ecbolium vellasquezii (Bertol.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Jacobinia aurea (Schltdl.) Hiern (1877)
  • Jacobinia catalpifolia (Nees) Vesque (1885)
  • Jacobinia umbrosa (Benth.) S.F.Blake (1917)
  • Jacobinia umbrosa f. erythrantha Standl. & Steyerm. (1947)
  • Justicia aurea f. erythrantha (Standl. & Steyerm.) D.N.Gibson (1972)
  • Justicia macdonaldii Bosse (1849)
  • Justicia umbrosa Benth. (1841)
  • Justicia vellasquezii Bertol. (1838)

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