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Thunbergia erecta

(Benth.) T.Anderson (1863)

This name is accepted

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

bush clock-vine, bush thunbergia, king's mantle

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

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

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Bibliography

Name Published In: J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 18 (1863)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Thunbergia erecta Honolulu, Kamehameha Girls' School Preserved_Specimen Judd Jr., A.F. Oahu BISH 1937-09-25
2 Thunbergia erecta University of Hawaii campus, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. Oahu BISH 1962-01-20
3 Thunbergia erecta unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2615 BISH
4 Thunbergia erecta Governor Cleghorn's place, Waikiki Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2634 Oahu BISH 1909-04-01
5 Thunbergia erecta Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Capt. Cook Abandoned coffee plantation at one side of garden, growing in yard of house. In deep shade near stone wall between coffee farm and next house. Preserved_Specimen Shrub ca 3' tall; flowers white with yellow throat. Herbst, D.R. 9302 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-11
6 Thunbergia erecta University of Hawaii campus-Manoa, Honolulu Cultivated ornamental. Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1.5 m tall, calyx greenish white, corolla tube and most of throat pale yellow, hint deep purple. Fosberg, F.R. 29699 Oahu BISH 1948-03-20
7 Thunbergia erecta S Kona district, at the Kealakekua Ranch Shopping Ctr. on Hwy 160 near Capt. Cook Growing in a planter bed. Preserved_Specimen Shrub trimmed to 4' tall; foliage moderately dense; flowers deep blue on limb, throat yellow, tube white. Staples, G.W. 615 Hawaii BISH 1990-05-19
8 Thunbergia erecta Captain Cook; Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens Abandoned coffee plantation at one side of garden, growing in yard of house behind tool shed in shade of large trees. Preserved_Specimen Dense shrub ca 3' tall; leaves dark green; flowers white with yellow throat; not fragrant. Limb deep purple, tube whitish outside, yellow inside. Many stems arising from ground. Herbst, D.R. 9289 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-11
9 Thunbergia erecta Lihue District. Puhi Camp just W of Kauai Community College Cultivated plants from homesites as camp was razed. Preserved_Specimen Shrub of 4'; corolla tube white, lobes deep purple. Flynn, T.W. 2002 Kauai BISH 1986-12-05
10 Thunbergia erecta University of Hawaii campus, Honolulu. Gilmore Hall In cultivation. Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1 m in height. Woolford, H.A. 203 Oahu BISH 1956-01-23
11 Thunbergia erecta Kawaihau District. Wailua Homesteads, Nounou Trail West Entrance, the broad road or path way up to the west entrance of sleeping giant, above Kamalu Road and below entrance to the trail from Lokilani. W/ Pandorea, Clerodendrum quadriloculare, Asparagus densiflorus formed into a hedge and vine reaching into trail. Preserved_Specimen Flowers purple becoming lighter purple, throat gold and yellow. Flws fall easily, buds with white outer calyx like a crown. Tangalin, N. 5182 Kauai BISH 2021-04-30
12 Thunbergia erecta Captain Cook; Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens Abandoned coffee plantation at one side of Garden; in deep shade near stone wall between coffee farm and next house. Preserved_Specimen Shrub ca 3' tall; flws white with yellow throat. Herbst, D.R. 9302 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-11
13 Thunbergia erecta Haiku Nursery Preserved_Specimen Vine or shrub; blue flower. Munro, G.C. 40 Maui BISH
14 Thunbergia erecta Honolulu, lower Tantalus, 1519 Onele Pl. Preserved_Specimen to 2 m shrub; flowers deep violet Ray, G. 11 Oahu BISH 1997-06-01
15 Thunbergia erecta Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Shrub 20-100 cm tall; deep violet limb; tube yellow inside. Neal, M.C. 1452 Oahu BISH 1927-05-19
16 Thunbergia erecta unknown Preserved_Specimen BISH
17 Thunbergia erecta Honolulu, Kapalama, Kamehameha Girls' School Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Erect shrub, 2 m high; flower white in center and deep purple on outer half. Rankin, P. 3 Oahu BISH 1939-05-02
18 Thunbergia erecta Honolulu, 2436 Burbank St., Mrs. J. L. Robertson's garden Preserved_Specimen Flower white with orange throat. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1940-04-02
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