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Justicia carnea (Brazilian Plume)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Justicia carnea, with common names including Brazilian plume flower, Brazilian-plume, flamingo flower, and jacobinia — is a flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. The perennial plant is native to the Atlantic Forest ecoregions of eastern Brazil. It is cultivated and sold as a decorative potted plant and is planted in landscaping as a feature plant in warm temperate and subtropical climates.
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Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  UV-Blue
Flower Color [1]  Pink

Predators

Phaethornis eurynome (Scale-throated Hermit)[2]
Phystis simois[2]
Telenassa teletusa[2]
Thalurania glaucopis (Violet-capped Woodnymph)[2]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0