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Accession Data:

Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anders.

  • Common Name: King's Mantle
  • Family: Acanthaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Trop. Africa

  • USDA Zone: 10b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500160
  • Source: Unknown
  • Recorded Vouchers:
    1. Voucher 145801 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 31 March 1997. Herbarium Image
    2. Voucher 145804 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 31 March 1997. Herbarium Image
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1113 - AFR:East Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 04-07-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Acanthaceae
  • SubFamily: Thunbergioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
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2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003

References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Plants with Vouchers deposited in CONN
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Nigeria / Sierra Leone / Cameroon

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, March 11, 2016.
  2. Thunbergia erecta at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 29, 2017.

data regenerated on Sat, 24 May 2025 11:09:15 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Thunbergia erecta

Additional images for this accession:

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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