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Ecbolium ligustrinum

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Species of flowering plant

Ecbolium ligustrinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ecbolium
Species: E. ligustrinum
Binomial name
Ecbolium ligustrinum
(Vahl) Vollesen
Synonyms
  • Justicia ecbolium L.
  • Justicia ligustrina Vahl
  • Ecbolium linneanum Kurz

Ecbolium ligustrinum is also known as green ice crossandra, green shrimp plant, and turquoise crossandra. Its flowers may be greenish blue in colour. It's commonly seen among the pathways

The identifying characters are bilabiate corolla , didynamous and epipetalous stamen , typical spike inflorescence. It's coming under the family Acanthaceae( acanthus family ), closely related to the mint family ( Lamiaceae aka Labiatae )

Affinities : There has been a belief that Acanthaceae is evolved from the family Scrophulariaceae and is closely related to the family Lamiaceae but it differs from Lamiaceae by the following characteristics : Absence of aromatic smell , tetralocular ovary , quadrangular stem and verticillaster inflorescence.

References

  1. "Ecbolium ligustrinum (Vahl) Vollesen sensu CHAH 2010". Retrieved February 11, 2013.
Taxon identifiers
Ecbolium ligustrinum
Justicia ligustrina


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