Isotype of Thunbergia aureosetosaMildbr. [family ACANTHACEAE ] Thunbergia gregoriiS.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollensen,K.,
Related name
Thunbergia aureosetosa
Thunbergia gregorii
Thunbergia exasperata
Thunbergia longepedunculata
Flora
Entry for Thunbergia Gregorii S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
Thunbergia GregoriiS. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], in Journ, Bot. 1894, 130.
Information
Stem moderately slender, climbing, covered with tawny, bristly hairs. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate and 5–7-lobed, or hastate, pilose on both surfaces, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. long and 1–1 1/4 broad; petiole 3/4 in. long, winged. Flowers on long peduncles, which are pilose like the stem and may be 5 in. long; bracteoles broadly ovate, cordate at the base, covered with stiff, tawny hairs outside, glabrous within. Calyx-teeth acute, pubescent. Corolla-tube 2 in. long; lobes truncate. Anthers obtuse above, with a spur at the base of each lobe, pubescent. Stigma with two broad lips. Ovary 1 in. long, pubescent.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Ubena Downs, in grass pastures, Johnson!British East Africa Nile Land Ukamba; Kilungu, Gregory! and without special locality, at 5000–6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6413.
