Justicia tobagensis is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago. The species is only known from two areas in the Main Ridge of Tobago.[3] It was first described as Drejerella tobagensis by German botanist Ignatz Urban in his Symbolae Antillanae, based on a collection made by Danish botanist Henrik von Eggers.[4]
| Justicia tobagensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Justicia |
| Species: | J. tobagensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Justicia tobagensis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Drejerella tobagensis Turrill[2] | |
In 1995 American botanist Dieter C. Wasshausen proposed a new combination, Justicia tobagensis, which reflected the predominant view that the genus Drejerella is actually a part of the genus Justicia.[5]
Conservation status
editAlthough Justicia tobagensis is not listed in the IUCN Red List, the authors of a 2008 assessment of the endemic plant species of Trinidad and Tobago considered it vulnerable due to the fact that it is known from a restricted area or small number of localities.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Oatham, M.; Van den Eynden, V.; Johnson, W. (2017). "Justicia tobagensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T115945657A115968121. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T115945657A115968121.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Justicia tobagensis". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. 2009-01-27.
- ^ a b Van den Eynden, Veerle; Michael P. Oatham; Winston Johnson (2008). "How free access internet resources benefit biodiversity and conservation research: Trinidad and Tobago's endemic plants and their conservation status". Oryx. 42 (2): 400–07. doi:10.1017/S0030605308007321.
- ^ Urban, Ignatz (1911–1913). Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. Vol. 7. Paris, London: Berolini.
- ^ Wasshausen, Dieter C. (1995). "A New Species, New Combinations, and a New Name in Acanthaceae from Northern South America". Brittonia. 47 (4): 422–25. doi:10.2307/2807572. JSTOR 2807572. S2CID 37674002.
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