Thunbergia Retz.

First published in Physiogr. Sälsk. Handl. 1: 163 (1780)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Caroline Is., Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Galápagos, Gambia, Guatemala, Gulf States, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Madeira, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Caledonia, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Taiwan, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Benoist in Notulae Syst. 11: 144 (1944).
  • Benoist in Notulae Syst. 2: 287 (1912-13)
  • F.T.A. 5: 8
  • Phys. Saellsk. Handl. 1: 163 (1776), nom. cons.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Bremekamp in Verh. Kon. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., ser.2, 50(4): 1 (1955).
  • Retz. in Physiogr. Saelsk. Handl. 1(3): 163 (1780).
  • Schönenberger & Endress in Int. J. Plant Sci. 159: 446–465 (1998),

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 259 (1894)
  • DC., Prodr. 11: 54 (1847)
  • F.T.A. 5: 8 (1899)
  • Int. J. Plant Sci. 159: 446 (1998), nom. conserv., non Thunbergia Montin (1773)
  • J.B. 32: 219 (1894)
  • Notul. Syst. 11: 144 (1944)
  • Notul. Syst. 2: 287 (1912)
  • Phys. Saelsk. Handl. 1, 3: 163 (1780)
  • Verh. K. Nederl. Akad. Wetensk., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, Part 50, No. 4: 1 (1955)

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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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    • Flora of Somalia
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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