Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Justicia nasuta in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 16.
today: The current name for this species is Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz
original Latin description
Justicia foliis lanceolato-ovatis integerrimis, pedunculis dichotomis.
English translation
Justicia with leaves lanceolate-ovate [and] entire; with peduncles dichotomous.
| Justicia | Justicia |
| with leaves | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| lanceolate-ovate, | lanceolatis-ovatis - combining form of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um + ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| entire; | integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| with peduncles | pedunculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun pedunculus, -i |
| dichotomous. | dichotomis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective dichotomus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculis |