Acanthaceae

Justicia aurea Schltdl.

Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Justicia

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Justicia aurea: Justicia aurea (flowers and leaves). Location: Maui, Nahiku — Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Arabic: شخض ذهبي
arz: شخض ذهبى
Chinese: 金色黑爵床

Synonyms

Adhatoda vellasquezii (Bertol.) Nees
Cyrtanthera aurea (Schltdl.) Nees
Cyrtanthera aurea var. glaberrima Nees
Cyrtanthera catalpifolia Nees
Cyrtanthera umbrosa (Benth.) Nees
Ecbolium vellasquezii (Bertol.) Kuntze
Jacobinia aurea (Schltdl.) Hiern
Jacobinia catalpifolia (Nees) M.Gómez
Jacobinia catalpifolia (Nees) Vesque
Jacobinia umbrosa (Benth.) S.F.Blake
Jacobinia umbrosa f. erythrantha Standl. & Steyerm.
Justicia aurea f. erythrantha (Standl. & Steyerm.) D.N.Gibson
Justicia macdonaldii Bosse
Justicia umbrosa Benth.
Justicia vellasquezii Bertol.

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Turnstange, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Venkat Mangudi, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.