Thunbergia alata Sims

Daniel, Thomas F., García-Morales, Leccinum J. & Mora-Olivo, Arturo, 2021, Taxonomic and Photographic Guide to the Acanthaceae of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 67 (6), pp. 185-228 : 218

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11513051

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11513263

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scientific name

Thunbergia alata Sims
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PHENOLOGY.— Flowering: April; fruiting: unknown.

DISTRIBUTION.— Native to Africa; widely cultivated and sometimes becoming naturalized elsewhere (e.g., Tamaulipas).

HABITAT.— Tropical subdeciduous forest, disturbed sites.

ELEVATION.— 770 meters.

NOTES.— This is the first documented occurrence of Thunbergia alata in Tamaulipas. Daniel (1995) and Daniel and Acosta C. (2003) provided descriptions of this introduced species, which is often cultivated for ornament. Most plants have orange corollas with a dark brownish black throat ( Fig. 5J View FIGURE ), but cultivated forms sometimes have white, yellow, or pink to reddish corollas.

REPRESENTATIVE SPECIMENS.— Mpio. Aldama, 500 m W de Ejido El Plomo rumbo a Mar de Nubes , L. García-Morales 6101b ( ITCV); GoogleMaps Mpio. González, Sierra de Tamaulipas, La Torrecilla , 028°08ʹ49.13ʺN, 098°22ʹ32.48ʺW, A. Mora-Olivo SN ( UAT) GoogleMaps .

UAT

USA, Arizona, Tucson, University of Arizona

ITCV

Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria

UAT

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

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