Thunbergia erecta

Life-forms

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
Genus: Thunbergia
Subgenus: T. subg. Coniostephanus
Species: Thunbergia erecta
Name

Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson (1864)
Synonyms

Meyenia erecta Benth.
Thunbergia ikbaliana De Wild.
Thunbergia mestdaghii De Wild.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Benin, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Central African Republic, Rwanda

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Anderson, T. 1864: Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. London 7: 18.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Thunbergia erecta. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Thunbergia erecta. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 26 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Thunbergia erecta in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26.
Tropicos.org 2018. Thunbergia erecta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Thunbergia erecta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: bush clock vine, king's-mantle

Thunbergia erecta is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant species in the genus Thunbergia native to western Africa. Common names include bush clockvine,[1] king's-mantle [2] and potato bush.
References

"Thunbergia erecta". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
"Thunbergia erecta". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 13 March 2012.