Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Scrophulariales (79)
Family: Acanthaceae (25)(family description)
Genus: Justicia (4)
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