Taxon: Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Bengal clockvine   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• Bengal trumpet   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – English
  
• blue skyflower   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• blue thunbergia   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• blue trumpetvine   (Source: Noxweed Aust ) – English
  
• clockvine   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• skyflower   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• skyvine   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• bengalische Thunbergie   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India [n.e.]; Nepal
  Indo-China: Indochina; Myanmar

• AFRICA
  Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius; Reunion; Seychelles
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Malesia: Singapore
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia [n.]
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  Northwestern Pacific: Palau
  South-Central Pacific: French Polynesia
  Southwestern Pacific: Fiji; Samoa
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Northern South America: Guyana; Suriname
  Western South America: Ecuador

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala

• also widely cultivated

References:

• Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85.
• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2.
• Breedlove, D. E., ed. 1981–. Flora of Chiapas.
• Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis.
• Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
• 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. [lists as T. grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. [lists as T. grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1993. Flora of Micronesia, 5: Bignoniaceae-Rubiaceae. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 81:41. [lists as T. grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.].
• Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
• Meyer, J.-Y. & C. Lavergne. 2004. Beautés fatales: Acanthaceae species as invasive alien plants on tropical Indo-Pacific islands. Diversity & Distrib. 10:333–347.
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
• Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. [lists as T. grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.].
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
• Verma, D. M. et al. (vol. 1); V. Mudgal et al. (vol. 2). 1993–. Flora Madhya Pradesh.
• Wasshausen, D. C. 1998. Acanthaceae of the Southeastern United States. Castanea 63:101. [lists as T. grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.].
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wood, J. R. I. 1994. Notes relating to the flora of Bhutan: XXIX. Acanthaceae, with special reference to Strobilanthes. Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:176.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Thunbergia grandiflora.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Thunbergia grandiflora.

Check other web resources for Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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.

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