Thunbergia laurifolia Lindl.
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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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Description
Description - Liana, young stems subquadrate to quadrate-sulcate, pubescent; leaf blades ovate to subeircular, 6.5-15 x 3.8-13.5 cm, pustulate and pubescent, cordate to truncate basally, apically acute to acuminate, margin coarsely and irregularly angular-lobed below middle; inflorescence of dichasia in axils of leaves or reduced leaves in a terminal thyrse; dichasia opposite, 1-2 per axil, peciunculate; proximal bracts sessile to subsessile, ovate, 25-41 x 10-15 mm, distal bracts reduced in size; bracteoles often coherent on posterior side, ovate-elliptic to subelliptic, 30-42 x 15-20 mm, pubescent; calyx annular, unlobed, 1-1.5 mm long, pubescent; corolla white with a hint of lavender without, lavender on the limb within and creamy yellow within tube, 55-80 mm long, glabrous without, limb subactinomorphic, 50-65 mm in Warn., lobes subelliptic to subcircular, 23-28 x 22-33 mm; anther thecae of anterior pair of stamens each with an awnlike basal appendage, thecae of posterior pair with l thecae with an awnlike basal appendage, other theca either lacking a basal appendage or with a much shorter appendage. T. laurifolia is closely related to T. grandiflora and is distinguished only by differences in foliar morphology.