Thunbergia alata--Kenya. Homa Bay Distr. Koru. Kweissos House. 3 Jul 04. 166.jpg
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.
Location
Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)
-0.378611, 35.266389
Location Remarks
Gilgil on Hwy A1
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, Western Cape (Stellenbosch University Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
Van Riebeeck St., Stellenbosch 7600
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)
-0.378611, 35.266389
Location Remarks
Gilgil on Hwy A1
Collectors
No collectors specified
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
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Thunbergia
Specific Epithet
alata
Authorship
Bojer ex Sims
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#83,617 of 335,497
Top 25%
Extinction probability
10%
