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Justicia brandegeana Wassh. & L.B. Sm.

flor de camarón, Shrimp Plant

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Scrophulariales

Family
Acanthaceae

Genus
Justicia

Species
brandegeana

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: B. guttata is a synonym "Beloperone guttata" of Clavijo et al. (1991), and probably of Flores (1985) and Chavez (1993); was probably misidentified Pachystachys lutea, rather than Justicia brandegeana.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2004

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276

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"Galapagos Species Database, Justicia brandegeana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=123. Accessed 26 April 2025.