Thunbergia alata

Thunbergia alata

Thunbergia alata

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. Parahexacentris
Species: Thunbergia alata

Name

Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims, 1825

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Endomelas alata (Bojer ex Sims) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 67 (1838)
• Heterotypic
  • Thunbergia alata var. alba Paxton in Paxton's Mag. Bot. 3: 28 (1837)
  • Thunbergia alata var. albiflora Hook. in Bot. Mag. 63: t. 3512 (1836)
  • Thunbergia alata var. minor S.Moore in J. Bot. 39: 300 (1901)
  • Thunbergia alata var. retinervia Burkill in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 17 (1899)
  • Thunbergia alata var. velutina Bremek. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 8 (1948)
  • Thunbergia alata var. vixalata Burkill in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 16 (1899)
  • Thunbergia albiflora Gordon in Gard. Chron. 1845: 169 (1845)
  • Thunbergia aurantiaca Paxton in Paxton's Mag. Bot. 6: 269 (1839)
  • Thunbergia backeri E.Vilm. in Fl. Pleine Terre, ed. 2: 919 (1866)
  • Thunbergia bakeri Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2, 3: 489 (1842)
  • Thunbergia bikimaensis De Wild. in Pl. Bequaert. 1: 446 (1922)
  • Thunbergia delamerei S.Moore in J. Bot. 38: 205 (1900)
  • Thunbergia doddsii Paxton in Paxton's Mag. Bot. 15: t. 221 (1849)
  • Thunbergia fryeri E.Vilm. in Fl. Pleine Terre: 876 (1863)
  • Thunbergia fuscata T.Anderson ex Lindau in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 40 (1893)
  • Thunbergia kamatembica Mildbr. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 84 (1943)
  • Thunbergia leucantha Van Houtte in Hort. Belge 3: 249 (1836)
  • Thunbergia manganjensis Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 92 (1893)
  • Thunbergia nymphaeifolia Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 184 (1902)
  • Thunbergia oculata S.Moore in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38: 269 (1908)
  • Valentiana volubilis Raf. in Specchio Sci. 1: 87 (1814)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Bojer, W., Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed ... London 52: t. 2591. 1825

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 alata. 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 alata. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 26 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Thunbergia alata 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 alata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Thunbergia alata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

català: Susanna d'ulls negres
English: Black-eyed Susan
español: Boca de escopeta, Culo de poeta, Jazmin del vedado, Ojo de poeta
suomi: Mustasilmäsusanna
français: Suzanne aux yeux noirs
magyar: Szárnyas feketeszem
Nederlands: Suzanne-met-de-mooie-ogen
svenska: Svartöga

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