Justicia sp. A cf. engleriana Lindau

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Forested slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa.

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Frequency:	Known only from the above specimen
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial herb up to c. 55 cm tall. Inflorescences of erect, pedunculate, bracteose, 1-sided spikes in the upper leaf axils. Bracts pale whitish green with darker green marginal area, ovate, 5-veined from the base, pubescent. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip broadly ovate erect, slightly forming an open hood, greenish white, pubescent on the outside; lower lip 3-lobed, white with purple spotting in the throat and on the midlobe.
Notes:	The specimen in the photographs was collected by John and Sandie Burrows (9902, BNRH) and sent to Kai Vollesen and Iain Darbyshire at KEW. It represents a new species close to the East African species Justicia engleriana Lindau. It is as yet undescribed and has been treated as “sp. A” in Flora Zambesiaca Vol. 8-6: 187-188 (2015), with more material including fruits needed. The species is so far only known from this specimen from Mt Gorongosa but is possibly matched by a sterile specimen from Mt Namuli.
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Habitat:	In understorey of evergreen forest
Altitude range:	1150 m (approx)
Flowering time:	Feb - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique
Mozambique distribution:	Z?,MS
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Endemic status:	Endemic
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 30 May 2012
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Vollesen, K. & Kelbessa, E. (2015). Acanthaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 8(6) Pages 187 - 188.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Justicia sp. A cf. engleriana
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