Found natively in North America, South America, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific, the genus Justicia, a member of the Acanthaceae family, is an exceptionally large group comprising 1,004 taxa. Members of this group are commonly associated with wet tropical and seasonally dry tropical environments. It is predominantly composed of shrubs.
Data Profile
Taxonomic Scale: 1,004 taxa (932 base species, 72 variants).
Centers of Diversity: South America (474), Africa (302), Tropical Asia (121)
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