- Family: Orobanchaceae Vent.
- Genus: Thunbergianthus Engl.
Thunbergianthus ruwenzoriensis R.D.Good
- Genus: Thunbergianthus Engl.
This species is accepted, and its native range is E. DR Congo to SW. Uganda.
[FTEA]
Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Type
- Type: Uganda, Ruwenzori Mts, Humphreys 505 (BM!, holo.)
- Habit
- Climbing shrub up to 12 m high.
- Stem
- Stems quadangular, grooved, scabrid with minute reflexed prickles
- Leaves
- Leaves opposite, ovate to narrowly or broadly triangular, 4–9 cm long, 2.5–6 cm broad, base truncate to cordate, apex acuminate, margins usually coarsely toothed near the base, glabrous above, aculeate on veins beneath; petioles 1–3 cm long, aculeate
- Flowers
- Flowers 1–2 in each distal axil forming a pendent inflorescence; pedicels 3–5 cm long; bracteoles 2, linear, 2–4 cm long
- Calyx
- Calyx tube 8 mm long; lobes broadly deltoid, 8 mm long, acute, sparsely aculeate
- Corolla
- Corolla pink to mauve, tube ± 3.5 cm long, cylindrical, basal part 5 mm in diameter, widening to throat to about 2.5 cm in diameter; lobes 1.5–2.5 cm long and broad
- Stamens
- Stamens 2 + 2; anthers 8 mm long
- Gynoecium
- Ovary glabrous; style up to 6 cm long; stigma globose, 4–5 mm in diameter
- Fruits
- Capsule ovoid, ± 1 cm in diameter, dehiscing loculicidally with 4 valves
- Figures
- Fig 31, p 107
- Ecology
- Submontane and montane forest; 1300–2100 m
- Conservation
- Least Concern (LC)
- Distribution
- Range: Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda, Burundi Flora districts: U2
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Native to:
Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zaïre
Thunbergianthus ruwenzoriensis R.D.Good appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Bridson, D. [385], Rwanda | 43786.000 |
First published in J. Bot. 66: 38 (1928)
Accepted by
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1985). Flora du Rwanda 3: 1-729. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
- Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1985). Flora du Rwanda 3: 1-729. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
- Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Troupin, Fl. pl. lign. Rwanda: 648, fig. 223 (1982).
- J.B. 66: 38 (1928)
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