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Thunbergia subsagittata

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Identification
Thunbergia subsagittata Not on sheet [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for Thunbergia fragrans Roxb. [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 fragrans Roxb. [family ACANTHACEAE], Corom. Pl. i. 47, t. 67. —Bot. Mag. t. 1881; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 57.
Thunbergia lævis Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 77; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 56.
Thunbergia fragrans C. B. Clarke var. lævis [family ACANTHACEAE], in Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 391.
Thunbergia javanica Gærtn. f. [family ACANTHACEAE], Fruct. iii. t. 183; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 56.
Thunbergia scandens Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE], Syn. ii. 179.
Thunbergia volubilis Pers. [family ACANTHACEAE], Syn. ii. 179; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 59.
Thunbergia angustifolia Ham. ex Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 78; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 56.
Thunbergia Roxburghia Nees [family ACANTHACEAE], in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 78; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 58.
Thunbergia subsagittata Blanco [family ACANTHACEAE], Fl. Fil. 518.
Thunbergia arnhemica F. Muell. [family ACANTHACEAE], Frag. Phyt. Austr. ix. 73.
Meyenia longiflora Benth. ex Hohenack. [family ], in Flora, 1849, 558.
Information
Stem slender, climbing, sparingly hairy. Leaves ovate, cordate or rounded at the base, acute or acuminate above, hairy when young, 2–3 in. long, 1/2–1 1/2 in. broad; petiole 1/2–1 1/2 in. long. Flowers on peduncles 1–3 in. long; bracteoles falcate-oblong, somewhat acute, hairy. Calyx-teeth rather short, nearly glabrous. Corolla-tube 3/4–1 1/4 in. long; lobes white. Anthers acute above, sagittate but without spurs, glabrous. Stigma with two equal lips. Capsule puberulous (often glabrous in Indian specimens), 3/4–1 in. long. Seeds rugose.
Range
This species most likely is an introduced plant in Africa. It is widely distributed in India, extending to Malaya, and introduced into Australia and Tropical America.
Distribution
Sierra Leone Upper Guinea near Regent, Scott-Elliot, 4141B.
Notes
The Sierra Leone plant is the variety lævis, C. B. Clarke.

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