Torenia thouarsii

Taxonavigation

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

Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze, 1891

Homotypic
- Lindernia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Edwin in Phytologia 19: 317 (1970)
- Nortenia thouarsii Cham. & Schltdl. in Linnaea 3: 18 (1828)
Heterotypic
- Nortenia thouarsii var. nivea Pennell in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72: 164 (1919 publ. 1920)
- Pentsteira dichotoma Griff. in Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 119 (1854)
- Torenia chamaedrys Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 30 (1926)
- Torenia gavottiana Buscal. in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 106 (1911)
- Torenia nana Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 32 (1926), nom. illeg.
- Torenia nortenia Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 692 (1841)
- Torenia parviflora Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. in Scroph. Ind.: 39 (1835)
- Torenia parviflora var. brevipedicellata De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 73 (1903)
- Torenia pedunculariformis Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 33 (1926)
- Torenia pedunculata Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 692 (1841), not validly publ.
- Torenia ramosissima Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 10 (1875)
- Torenia thouarsii var. nivea Pennell in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72: 164 (1919 publ. 1920)
- Torenia veronicifolia Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 692 (1841), not validly publ.
- Torenia viguieri Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 30 (1926)
- Vandellia diffusa Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 505 (1837), nom. illeg.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & S. Africa
- - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Guyana, Mauritius, Myanmar, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 468

Hassler, M. 2023. Torenia thouarsii. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Torenia thouarsii. Published online. Accessed: July. 26 2023.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Torenia thouarsii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July. 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Torenia thouarsii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 July. 2023.