Thunbergia lancifolia T. Anderson

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Thunbergia lancifolia

Picture: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

Thunbergia lancifolia

Picture: Bart Wursten
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

Thunbergia lancifolia

Picture: Brian Best
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

Thunbergia lancifolia

Picture: Brian Best
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

Thunbergia lancifolia

Picture: Brian Best
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

Thunbergia lancifolia

Picture: Brian Best
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

Thunbergia lancifolia

Picture: Brian Best
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

Thunbergia lancifolia

Picture: Brian Best
Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms: Thunbergia bequaertii De Wild.
Thunbergia cerinthoides Radlk.
Thunbergia friesii Lindau
Thunbergia gentianoides Radlk.
Thunbergia glaberrima Lindau
Thunbergia hockii De Wild.
Thunbergia puberula Lindau
Thunbergia valida S. Moore
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb with stems to 70 cm, arising from a woody rootstock. Leaves: lamina 4-13 cm, linear-lanceolate to elliptic or obovate. Flowers solitary; pedicel with capitate glands sometimes mixed with non-glandular hairs or puberulous, rarely glabrous; bracteoles with sparse to dense short glands or puberulous, rarely glabrous. Calyx 1-3 mm long; lobes broadly triangular. Corolla limb dark purple to deep maroon, more rarely blue or purple; lower part of tube white to pale yellow. Capsule with beak 2 cm long. Seeds with lateral wing.
Type location:
Malawi
Notes: Similar to T. oblongifolia and differing in the italicised characters in the description.
Derivation of specific name: lancifolia: with lance-shaped leaves.
Habitat: In grassland bushansd and woodland, usually in areas that are regularly burned; also on roadsides and in degraded areas or plantations.
Altitude range: 750 - 2200 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania, DRC, Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C,E,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,Cb,N,E,C,Lk,S,W
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Wednesday 31 October 2018
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 136 - 137. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 54.

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 55.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 20.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 36.

Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 41 - 43. (Includes a picture).

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Thunbergia lancifolia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=185080, retrieved 29 March 2024

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