Taxon: Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• bush clockvine   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• king's-mantle   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• trumpetthunbergia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed13)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon
  West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1967–. Flore de la Nouvelle Caledonie et dependances.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Daniel, T. F. 1997. Catalog of the Acanthaceae of Belize with taxonomic and phytogeographic notes. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 21:171.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. [= Meyenia erecta Benth.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
• Oliver, D. et al., eds. v. 1-3, & W. T. Thiselton Dyer et al., eds. v. 4-10. 1868–1937. Flora of tropical Africa.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
• Troupin, G. 1978–. Flore du Rwanda.
• Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2). 1993–. Flora Madhya Pradesh.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Thunbergia erecta.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Thunbergia erecta.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Thunbergia erecta.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Meyenia erecta Benth. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson:

• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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