Wild Lucerne

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Justicia divaricata Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
ACANTHACEAE
Synonyms
Adhatoda divaricata (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Nees, Monechma angustissimum S.Moore, Monechma divaricatum (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) C.B.Clarke, Monechma fimbriatum C.B.Clarke, Monechma floridum C.B.Clarke, Monechma namaense (Schinz) C.B.Clarke, Monechma nepeta (S.Moore) C.B.Clarke, Monechma nepetoides C.B.Clarke, Monechma terminale S.Moore
Common Names
Wild Lucerne (e), Wildelusern (a)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2006/01/19
Assessor(s)
D.A. Kamundi
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Terrestrial
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Justicia divaricata Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.LC 2020.1
Monechma divaricatum (Nees) C.B.ClarkeLeast Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2014. Synopsis of the genus Justicia L. (Acanthaceae) in southern Africa, with eight new combinations for species of Adhatoda Miller and Monechma Hochts. Bothalia 44(1):#169.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Citation
Kamundi, D.A. 2006. Justicia divaricata Licht. ex Roem. & Schult. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/19

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