Names of Plants in India: Justicia micrantha Wall. ex C.B.Clarke

jus-TEE-see-ah -- named for James Justice, Scottish botanist and horticulturist ... Dave's Botanary
my-KRANTH-uh -- tiny flower ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: small-flowered justicia

botanical names: Justicia micrantha Wall. ex C.B.Clarke ... homotypic synonyms: Ecbolium crinitum (Nees) Kuntze • Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy • Rostellularia crinita (Nees) Nees • Rostellularia neesii A.K.Mukh. ... POWO, retrieved 18 July 2025

NOTE: The scientific names of this species are all mixed-up
READ: Soumya, Puliyakode & PURAYIDATHKANDY, SUNOJKUMAR. (2020). A note on the nomenclature of Justicia micrantha Wall. ex C.B. Clarke (Acanthaceae) and its lectotypification. Phytotaxa. 453. 151-153. 10.11646/phytotaxa.453.2.7.

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

small-flowered justicia

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved June 24, 2025

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Andhra Pradesh, *Karnataka, *Madhya Pradesh, *Maharashtra, *Tamil Nadu; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in peninsular Malaysia

for Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy ... Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 24/06/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

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