Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2624)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2527)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2136)
Order: Scrophulariales (95)
Family: Acanthaceae (25)(family description)
Genus: Justicia (3)
Epithet: schimperiana (Hochst. ex Nees) T. Anderson (2)
schimperiana => indicating connection to Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878), German plant collector in Near East and north-eastern Africa