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'''Justicia''' (syn. ''Acelica, Adhatoda, Amphiscopia, Anisostachya, Aulojusticia, Averia, Beloperone, Calliaspidia, Calymmostachya, Chaetothylopsis, Chiloglossa, Cyphisia, Cyrtanthera, Cyrtantherella, Dianthera, Dimanisa, Drejerella, Duvernoia, Emularia, Ethesia, Glosarithys, Harnieria, Heinzelia, Hemichoriste, Heteraspidia, Ixtlania, Jacobinia, Kuestera, Libonia, Lophothecium, Lustrinia, Nicoteba, Orthotactus, Parajusticia, Petalanthera, Plagiacanthus, Plegmatolemma, Porphyrocoma, Psacadocalymma, Rhacodiscus, Rhiphidosperma, Rhyticalymma, Rodatia, Rostellaria, Rostellularia, Saglorithys, Salviacanthus, Sarotheca, Sericographis, Simonisia, Solenochasma, Stethoma, Tabascina, Thalestris, Thamnojusticia, Tyloglossa'' in 'Plant Systematics') is a genus of about 420 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical to warm temperate regions of the Americas, with two species occurring north into cooler temperate regions. Common names include 'water-willow' and 'shrimp plant', the latter from the inflorescences, which resemble a shrimp in some species.
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★ ''Justicia adhadota'' ★ ''Justicia adhatodoides'' ★ ''Justicia americana'' ★ ''Justicia androsaemifolia'' ★ ''Justicia angusta'' ★ ''Justicia betonica'' ★ ''Justicia borinquensis'' ★ ''Justicia brandegeeana'' ★ ''Justicia brasiliana'' ★ ''Justicia californica'' ★ ''Justicia candicans'' ★ ''Justicia carnea'' ★ ''Justicia carthagenensis''

★ ''Justicia comata'' ★ ''Justicia cooleyi'' ★ ''Justicia crassifolia'' ★ ''Justicia culebritae'' ★ ''Justicia cydoniifolia'' ★ ''Justicia fulvicoma'' ★ ''Justicia kotschyi'' ★ ''Justicia leonardii'' ★ ''Justicia martinsoniana'' ★ ''Justicia mirabiloides'' ★ ''Justicia orchioides'' ★ ''Justicia ovata'' ★ ''Justicia pectoralis''

★ ''Justicia plumbaginifolia'' ★ ''Justicia procumbens'' ★ ''Justicia quinqueangularis'' ★ ''Justicia rizzinii'' ★ ''Justicia runyonii'' ★ ''Justicia secunda'' ★ ''Justicia sonorae'' ★ ''Justicia sphaerosperma'' ★ ''Justicia spicigera'' ★ ''Justicia tweediana'' ★ ''Justicia warnockii'' ★ ''Justicia wrightii''

''Justicia americana'' (American Water-willow), is native to eastern North America north to southern Ontario; it is the hardiest species in the genus, hardy to USDA Plant Zone 4. ''Justicia ovata'' (Looseflower Water-willow) occurs nearly as far north, reaching Michigan.

''Justicia brandegeeana'' (formerly ''Beloperone guttata'', commonly called Shrimp Plant) is native to Mexico. It is hardy to −4 °C but will often recover in the spring after freezing back in USDA Plant Zone 8a.
''Justicia carnea'' (formerly ''Jacobinia carnea'', common names including Brazilian Plume Flower, Flamingo Flower, and Jacobinia) is native to South America in southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina. It is hardy to −2 °C but will often recover in the spring after freezing back in USDA Plant Zone 8a.

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★ Plant Systematics: ''Justicia''

★ Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Justicia''

★ USDA Plants Profile: ''Justicia''