(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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Genus
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Nelsonia R. Br.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Prodr. 480. 1810.
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Note
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TYPE: Justicia brunelloides Lam.
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Description
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Herbs, softly villous. Leaves entire. Inflorescences dense, terminal and axil- lary spikes with a single bract. Flowers with the calyx 4-lobed; corolla blue or purple, bilabiate; stamens 2, the anthers 2-celled, the cells parallel, each cell globose; stigma 2-lobed. Capsules oblong; seeds borne on papilliform funicles.
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Habit
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Herbs
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Note
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There is only one species described for this genus which was first collected in Java. The genus is named for David Nelson, a gardener who accompanied Cook on his last voyage.
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