Compilation
Thunbergia neglecta

6 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Thunbergia neglecta Sond. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Thunbergia hirta
  • Thunbergia dregeana
  • Thunbergia atriplicifolia
  • Thunbergia neglecta

Flora

Entry for THUNBERGIA neglecta Sonder [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 1, (1912) Author: By C. B. CLARKE.
Names
THUNBERGIA neglecta Sonder [family ACANTHACEAE], in Linnæa, xxiii. 89;—T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 20.
THUNBERGIA hirta Sonder [family ACANTHACEAE], in Linnæa, xxiii. 88, not of Lindau.
THUNBERGIA Bauri Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 312.
THUNBERGIA dregeana Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], partly ms.
Information
scabrous hairy; stems about a foot long, procumbent rambling, much branched; leaves 1 in. long and broad, ovate, sinuate-toothed, triangular or subcordate at the base; petioles of the middle and lower stem-leaves 1/4– 1/2 in. long; bracteoles 1/3 in. long, elliptic; calyx-teeth about 12, linear, 1/5 in. long; corolla-tube 1/2– 3/4 in. long; limb 1 in. in diam.; anther-cells (6–4 of those in one flower) spurred and with beaded hairs at the base; style glabrous; stigma with one lobe below the other; capsule exceeding 1/2 in. long, glabrous; seeds not much compressed, surface wrinkled. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 169!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Magaliesberg, Zeyher, 1420! Burke, 252! Waterfall River, near Lydenberg, Wilms, 1231! Orange River Colony; Great Vet River, Zeyher, 1419! Burke!
Notes
Sonder says that T. neglecta differs from his T. hirta by having the corolla only half the length. His example of T. hirta (Zeyher, 1419), is larger than his type (Zeyher, 1420) neglecta in all its parts; the corolla-tube may be half as long again in the dried example.

Related Materials