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Taxon

Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims

Protologue Bot. Mag. 52: t. 2591. 1825 [Aug 1825]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 166.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 166.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 168.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 168.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 181.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 181.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 165.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 165.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 182.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 182.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 170.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 170.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 163.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 163.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 167.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 167.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 162.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 162.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 164.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 164.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 017.jpg

Thunbergia alata--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 078.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 078.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 074.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 074.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 075.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 075.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 076.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 076.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 077.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Athi River, s of Nairobi. B.Cameron's Gard. 27 Jun 04. 077.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 051.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 051.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 051 (1).jpg

Thunbergia alata--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 051 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Thunbergia alata--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 23 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Thunbergia alata--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 23 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; introduced into 62 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 5 occurrences across 4 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 27, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

November 21, 2002

Location

South Africa, Western Cape (Stellenbosch University Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

Van Riebeeck St., Stellenbosch 7600

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 20, 2006

Location

Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil (Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil)

Location Remarks

Zona Norte in Guayaquil, suburb of Las Orquideas, Avenida Francisco de Orellana.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

July 3, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

February 23, 2002

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (Mshewe, Hotel Bougainvillea)

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1500 m elev.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Thunbergia

Specific Epithet

alata

Authorship

Bojer ex Sims

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#83,617 of 335,497

Top 25%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →