Common name
English: Shrimp Plant
German: Zimmerhopfen
Portuguese: Flor-camarão
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Scrophulariales (81)
Family: Acanthaceae (25)(family description)
Genus: Justicia (4)
Epithet: brandegeana Wassh. & L.B.Sm. (1)
brandegeana => in honor of Townshend Stith Brandegee (1843-1925), US botanist, Civil Engineer, and surveyor
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white