Thunbergia natalensis

Thunbergia natalensis

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. Hypenophora
Species: Thunbergia natalensis

Name

Thunbergia natalensis Hook. (1858)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Thunbergia mellinocaulis Burkill in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 23 (1900)
  • Thunbergia squamuligera Lindau in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 406 (1901)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. (ed.) 1858. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXXIV [= Vol. XIV of the third series.] Tt. 5025–5090. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 84: t. 5082.

Additional references

• Vollesen, K.B. 2008. Flora of Tropical East Africa, Acanthaceae (Part 1). 286 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Thunbergia natalensis. 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. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Thunbergia natalensis. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 27 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Thunbergia natalensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Thunbergia natalensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jun. 2018.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Dwergthunbergia
English: Blue-bell
isiZulu: uNohlonishwayo

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