珊瑚花 Justicia carnea

  • Scientific Name: Justicia carnea Lindl.
  • Ref: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 17: t. 1397. 1831
  • Synonyms: Amphiscopia pohliana Nees; Cyrtanthera carnea (Lindl.) Bremek.; C. magnifica Nees; C. pohliana Nees; Ecbolium sellinii Kuntze; Ethesia carnea Raf.; Jacobinia carnea (Lindl.) G.Nicholson; J. magnifica (Nees) Lindau; J. obtusior L.H.Bailey; Justicia magnifica Pohl ex Nees; Orthotactus ciliatus Nees; O. pohlianus Nees
  • English Common Name: Brazilian plume flower, Brazilian-plume, flamingo flower, jacobinia
  • Chinese Common Name: 珊瑚花 shānhú∙huā
  • Japanese Common Name: サンゴバナ [珊瑚花] sangobana, マンネンカ [万年花] mannenka, ジャコビニア jakobinia
  • Family: Acanthaceae
  • Genus: Justicia
  • Distribution: native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions of eastern Brazil
  • Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong

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