Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims
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Authority
Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
TYPE: based on plants cultivated by R. Barclay from seeds from Mauritius. Fig. 42.
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Description
Description - Herbaceous vine; stem subquadrate to flattened, pubescent; leaves petiolate, the petioles winged, blades sagittate, 2-13.5 x 0.9-8.5 cm, pubescent, cordate-hastate basally, margin entire to undulate; inflorescence solitary dichasia in leaf axils, pedunculate; bracteoles green, lance-ovate to ovate, 11-25 x 4-15 mm, pubescent, rounded to truncate to cordate basally; calyx reduced, annular, 11-13 lobed; corolla orange or yellow with dark purple glandular "eye", in throat, 25-43 mm long, limb subactinomorphic, lobes obovate to obdeltate, apically truncate; anthers appendaged basally; capsule estipitate, with expanded seed-bearing portion at base, pubescent, distally prominently rostrate, retinacula absent; seeds 2.