Thunbergia kasajuana Bh.Adhikari & J.R.I.Wood

First published in Kew Bull. 75(1)-26: 3 (2020)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Nepal. It is a climbing shrub or liana and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Nepal

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Deng, Y.F., Li, Z.Y., Wang, Q. & Peng, H. (2020). Flora of Pan-Himalaya 46: 1-570. Science Press, Beijing. Cambridge University Press.
  • 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.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Kew Bulletin

  • Adhikari, B., Pendry, C. A., Watson, M. F. & Wood, J. R. I. (2013). An account of Thunbergia (Acanthaceae) in Nepal, with a description of the new species T. nepalensis. Kew Bull. 68: 651 – 661.
  • Borg, A. J., McDade, L. & Schönenberger, J. (2008). Molecular phylogenetics and morphological evolution of Thunbergioideae (Acanthaceae). Taxon 57: 811 – 822.
  • Bremekamp, C. E. B. (1955). The Thunbergia species of the Malesian area. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2: 50 (4): 1 – 90.
  • Gamble, J. G. (1913). No. 716. Thunbergia lacei. In: Decades Kewenses 16. Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1913: 113 – 118.
  • Hu, J. Q., Deng, Y. F. & Daniel T. F. (2011). Thunbergia. In: Z. Y. Wu, P. F. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds), Flora of China 19: 377 – 379. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St Louis.
  • IUCN (2012). Guidelines for application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels. International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Cambridge & Gland.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Sanjappa, M. & Moorthy, S. (2009). Flowering Plants of India: Dicotyledons. Vol. 1. (Acanthaceae – Avicenniaceae). Botanical Survey of India.
  • Kress, W. J., DeFilipps, R. A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D. Y. Y. (2003). A checklist of the trees, shrubs, herbs and climbers of Myanmar. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 45: 1 – 590.
  • Mabberley, D. J. (2017). Mabberley’s Plant-Book, 4th ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Smith, W. W. (2014). Species Novae Plantarum in Herbario Horti Reg. Calcutt. Cognitarum. Rec. Bot. Surv. India 6: 99 – 104.
  • Thiers, B. (2016 onwards). Index Herbariorum: A Global Directory of Public Herbaria and Associated Staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/.
  • Vollesen, K. (2008). Acanthaceae (Part 1). In: H. J. Beentje & S. A. Ghazanfar (eds), Flora of Tropical East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J. R. I. (2001). Acanthaceae. In: A. J. C. Grierson & D. G. Long (eds), Flora of Bhutan 2 (3): 1243 – 1293. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh & Royal Government of Bhutan.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Deng, Y.F., Li, Z.Y., Wang, Q. & Peng, H. (2020). Flora of Pan-Himalaya 46: 1-570. Science Press, Beijing. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0