PLANTS Profile for Thunbergia erecta (bush clockvine)

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PLANTS Profile

Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson
bush clockvine

Symbol:

THER

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Acanthaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

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Photo of Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, FL, Miami-Dade Co., Miami, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. July 4, 1982. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

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Synonyms:
Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

MEER3

Meyenia erecta Benth.

Distribution:
Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson


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USA (FL), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

View 36 genera in Acanthaceae, 5 species in Thunbergia

Classification:
Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Acanthaceae – Acanthus family
Genus	Thunbergia Retz. – thunbergia
Species	Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson – bush clockvine

Introduced Information:
Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

Nat. Ind.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505491.

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