A new species of Justicia L. (Acanthaceae) from Tamil Nadu, India Author Raja, Prakasam Author Arulanandam, Lourdusamy John Peter Author Soosairaj, Sebastian Author Kabeer, Kadher Althaf Ahammed text Adansonia 2023 3 2023-07-10 45 17 285 291 journal article 58537 10.5252/adansonia2023v45a17 c93314f1-ed3a-4855-8406-6f993fc73cfe 1639-4798 8135393

TABLE 1. — Comparison of the morphological characters of Justicia salsoloides T.Anderson and Justicia tamilnadensis P.Raja & Soosairaj, sp. nov.

Characters	Justicia salsoloides T.Anderson	Justicia tamilnadensis P.Raja & Soosairaj, sp. nov.
Habit	Undershrub,> 300 mm tall, much branched	Prostrate herb, upto 300 mm tall, not much branched
Stem	Branchlets rigid, terete, white,	Branchlets slender, angled, purplish green, glabrous,
	densely tomentose throughout	bearded at nodes
Leaves	Sessile, subglabrous	Subsessile, glabrous
Leaf shape	Spathulate or oblong-lanceolate	Elliptic-oblong, lanceolate
Leaf size	4 - 19 × 2-4 mm	9-35 × 3-6 mm
Bracts	3-6.5 mm long	5-10 mm long
Bracteoles	Smaller than bracts, often absent	Slightly longer than bracts, always present
Corolla	9 mm long, tube 2.2 mm long, completely glabrous within	10 mm long, tube 5 mm long, pubescent on throat within
Capsule	Compressed, brown tomentose	Subterete, white tomentose