Justicia tobagensis

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Justicia
Species:
J. tobagensis
Binomial name
Justicia tobagensis
Synonyms

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

Although 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

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Justicia tobagensis". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  3. 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.
  4. Urban, Ignatz (1911–1913). Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. 7. Paris, London: Berolini.
  5. 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.
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