Thunbergia erecta

Thunbergia erecta

Thunbergia erecta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Thunbergioideae
Tribus: Thunbergieae
Genus: Thunbergia
Subgenus: T. subg. Coniostephanus
Species: Thunbergia erecta

Name

Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 18 (1863)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Meyenia erecta Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 476 (1849)
• Heterotypic
  • Thunbergia ikbaliana De Wild. in Pl. Nov. Hort. Then. 2: 95 (1910)
  • Thunbergia mestdaghi De Wild. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 9 (1915)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Benin, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Central African Republic, Rwanda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Anderson, T. 1863. An Enumeration of the Species of Acanthaceae from the Continent of Africa and the adjacent Islands. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany 7: 13–54. BHL Reference page.  [See page 18.]

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Thunbergia erecta. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Thunbergia erecta. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 26 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Thunbergia erecta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Thunbergia erecta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Thunbergia erecta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: নীল ঘন্টা
English: Bush clock vine
svenska: Trumpetthunbergia

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