Justicia monechmoides S. Moore (1880) Monechma monechmoides (S.Moore) Hutch. (1946) Monechma welwitschii C.B. Clarke (1900) Monechma tettense C.B. Clarke (1900) Kirk Vollesen 2015: 214 Monechma debile Notes on Justicia sect. Monechma (Acanthaceae) in Angola, including two new species Darbyshire, I. Goyder, D. J. Blumea 2019 2019-05-03 64 2 97 107 7VZSN S. Moore S. Moore. Second, Makholela 2008 [837,1206,1576,1599] Magnoliopsida Acanthaceae Justicia Plantae Lamiales 8 105 Tracheophyta species monechmoides    Justicia monechmoidesS. Moore (1880)311. —  Monechma monechmoides(S.Moore) Hutch. (1946)524. — Type: Welwitsch 5140(lecto BM, chosen by Vollesen 2015: 214; isolecto K, LISU* [LISU223491, LISU223493], P* [P00434925]), Angola, Luanda, Imbondeiro dos Lobos, fl. & fr., Mar. 1858[date fide Hiern 1900].   Monechma welwitschiiC.B. Clarke (1900)216, nom.illegit; Hiern (1900)822; Moore (1930)137; Benoist (1950)29. — Syntypes: Welwitsch 5065(BM, K), Welwitsch 5123(BM), Welwitsch 5140(BM, K, LISU*), Welwitsch 5184(K), Angola, Loanda, fl. & fr., Mar. 1858[date fide Hiern 1900] – see note.    Monechma tettenseC.B. Clarke (1900)216. — Type:  Kirks.n.(lecto K [K000378730], chosen by  Vollesen 2015: 214), Lower Zambesi, opposite Tete, Kaimba Is., 1860.   Monechma debilesensu auct., non (Forssk.) Nees: Meyer (1968) 45 p.p.; Munday (1995) 59 p.p.; Makholela (2008) 23 p.p.  Distribution & Ecology —  Justicia monechmoidesis widespread in southern Africa, occurring in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambiaand Zimbabwe. In Angola, it is recorded from Cuando Cubango, Cunene, Huíla, Luandaand Namibeprovinces. It is an annual herb of a variety of woodland, bushland and grassland habitats, often favouring disturbed areas where it can be a weed.  Additional Angolan specimens seen. Welwitsch 5065(BM,K), 5123(BM), 5184(K),  Luanda[Loanda], Imbondeirodos Lobos,fl. & fr.,   Mar.1858[precise locality and date fide Hiern 1900];  Gossweiler306( BM, K), 306B(BM), 307(BM, K),  Luanda[ Loanda], fl. & fr., 1903;  Pearson2684( K),  Huíla, between Chibiaand Quihila, fl. & fr.,  13 May 1909;  Pearson2221( K), between Qui- hila - Jambos, 3–18 miles, fl. & fr.,  14 May 1909;  Exell& Mendonça2403( BM), 2413(BM),  Namibe, Moçâmedes, Tampa, fl. & fr.,  1 June 1937;  Exell& Mendonça2958( BM),  Huíla, near Leba, fl. & fr.,  20 June 1937;  Gossweiler14268( BM),  Luanda, Catete,fr.,  July 1949;  Pritchard357( BM),  Huíla, Tchivinguiro,fl. & fr.,  3 Aug.1954;  Barbosa& Gouveia10692p.p. ( BM),  Huíla, Gambos, Chimbolelo, fl. & fr.,  24 Aug. 1963;  Borges227( LISC*),  Huíla, Lubango, aos  600 mda picada para a missão do Munhino, fl. & fr.,  11 May 1971;  Santos2910( LISC*),  Cunene, Cuvelai, fl. & fr.,  21 July 1971;  Harris& Murray-Hudson828( K),  Cuando Cubango, Rápidos M’Pupo, Cuito R., between Dingoand Lumeta, fl. & fr.,  17 Apr. 2013;  Harris& Murray-Hudson1028( K),  Cuando Cubango,  20 kmSE of Siangaon SW edge of R. Cuandofloodplain near Benorio, fl. & fr.,  28 Apr. 2013. Notes — This species is sometimes treated as conspecific with  J. bracteata(under the name  Monechma debile–see note under  J. bracteataabove) and the two are certainly close but are usually readily separated by the characters listed in the key. The five Welwitsch syntypeslisted for Clarke’s (1900)  Monechma welwitschiiare the same as those of Moore’s (1880)  Justicia monechmoides; Vollesen (2015)selected Welwitsch 5140as the lectotypeof  J. monechmoidesand noted under  M. welwitschii(p. 214): “type: as for  Justicia monechmoides”, but he did not formally lectotypify this name. 1858-03 BM, K Gossweiler Lobos Imbondeiro 9 106 1 Luanda [177,611,312,330] K Pearson Loanda 9 106 1 Luanda 1909-05-13 K Pearson Quihila Chibia 9 106 1 Huila 1909-05-14 BM Exell & Mendonca Jambos 9 106 1 Huila 1937-06-01 BM Exell & Mendonca Tampa Mocamedes 9 106 1 Namibe 1937-06-20 BM Gossweiler Leba 9 106 1 Huila [266,692,440,458] 1949-07 BM Pritchard Catete 9 106 1 Luanda 1954-08-03 BM Gouveia Tchivinguiro 9 106 1 Huila 1963-08-24 LISC Chimbolelo Gambos 9 106 1 Huila 1971-05-11 LISC 600 Munhino Lubango 9 106 1 Huila 1971-07-21 K Harris & Murray-Hudson Cuvelai 9 106 1 Cunene 2013-04-17 K Cuito R. & Harris & Murray-Hudson Cuando Cubango Dingo Rapidos M'Pupo 9 106 1 Cunene 2013-04-28 Cuando Cubango Benorio Cuando 9 106 1 Cunene