Justicia tobagensis
| Justicia tobagensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Justicia |
| Species: | J. tobagensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Justicia tobagensis (Urb.) Wassh. | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Drejerella tobagensis Turrill[2] | |
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.[1] 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[3]
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.[4]
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.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ↑ Urban, Ignatz (1911–1913). Symbolae Antillanae,seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis 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.