Galapagos Species Database
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Justicia carnea
cola de pavo real, justicia de India, tango, Brazilian plume, balsamo-cor-de-carne, flamingo plant
Herb, subshrub (POWO, 2022)
It is has environmental uses and as a medicine (POWO, 2022)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Scrophulariales
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Justicia
Species
carnea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cyrtanthera magnifica Nees
Origin: Introduced - established
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: This species is accepted, and its native range is SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (POWO, 2022)
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- 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 carnea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1907. Accessed 2 May 2025.