Thunbergia battiscombei

Turrill (1915)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Acanthaceae Genus: Thunbergia

blue boy, blue glory, fuzzy thunbergia

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Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Hooker's Icon. Pl. 31: t. 3041 (1915)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Thunbergia battiscombei Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden, McBryde Garden in Lawai Valley. Biodiversity Trail, south end, in circle planting area. Cultivated area. Preserved_Specimen Perennial herb c. 70 cm tall, stems spreading, leaves medium green above, paler below. Flowers with green calyx with darker venation, corolla lobes deep violet blue, tube curved, yellow in basal half, throat yellow. Hort. Origin, no tag or accession no. Lorence, D.H. 10797 Kauai BISH 2019-10-23
2 Thunbergia battiscombei Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden, 45-680 Luluku Road, Kaneohe, near Kahua Nui area Preserved_Specimen Perennial shrub to 1m; flowers purple w/yellow throat. Annable, C.R. 3348 Oahu BISH 1997-03-07