Justicia Riparia
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''Justicia riparia'' (
syn. The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''Beloperone mollis''
Nees Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (14 February 1776 – 16 March 1858) was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He des ...
) is a species of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
. It is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to southeastern Brazil, where it is native to the
Cerrado The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are t ...
vegetation.


See also

*
List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil This is a list of plants found in the wild in cerrado vegetation of Brazil. Acanthaceae * '' Anisacanthus'' ''trilobus'' Lindau * '' Dicliptera'' '' mucronifolia'' Nees * '' Dicliptera sericea'' Nees * '' Geissomeria'' '' ciliata'' Rizzini * ' ...


References

riparia ''Riparia'' is a genus of passerine birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae. These are small or medium-sized swallows, ranging from in length. They are brown above and mainly white below, and all have a dark breast band. They are closely ass ...
Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of Southeast Brazil Plants described in 1847 {{Acanthaceae-stub