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Clockvines
Thunbergia
Thunbergia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia. Thunbergia species are vigorous annual or perennial vines and shrubs growing to 2-8 m tall. The generic name honours Carl Peter Thunberg.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Black-eyed Susan vine
speciesThunbergia alata
Bengal trumpet
speciesThunbergia grandiflora
Bush Thunbergia
speciesThunbergia erecta
Mysore trumpetvine
speciesThunbergia mysorensis
Sweet clockvine
speciesThunbergia fragrans
Blue Trumpet Vine
speciesThunbergia laurifolia
Natal Primrose
speciesThunbergia atriplicifolia
orange clock vine
speciesThunbergia gregorii
Bluebell Clockvine
speciesThunbergia natalensis
Scarlet clock vine
speciesThunbergia coccinea
Squarebase Clockvine
speciesThunbergia neglecta
Heartleaf Clockvine
speciesThunbergia dregeana
Cape Clockvine
speciesThunbergia capensis
Thunbergia lancifolia
speciesThunbergia lancifolia
Thunbergia reticulata
speciesThunbergia reticulata
Blue Glory Vine
speciesThunbergia battiscombei
Thunbergia amoena
speciesThunbergia amoena
Thunbergia affinis
speciesThunbergia affinis
Thunbergia huillensis
speciesThunbergia huillensis
Thunbergia laevis
speciesThunbergia laevis
Thunbergia atacorensis
speciesThunbergia atacorensis
Thunbergia mildbraediana
speciesThunbergia mildbraediana
Thunbergia hossei
speciesThunbergia hossei
Thunbergia gossweileri
speciesThunbergia gossweileri
Thunbergia oblongifolia
speciesThunbergia oblongifolia
Thunbergia purpurata
speciesThunbergia purpurata
White Clockvine
speciesThunbergia pondoensis
Thunbergia cyanea
speciesThunbergia cyanea
Thunbergia crispa
speciesThunbergia crispa
Thunbergia schimbensis
speciesThunbergia schimbensis
Thunbergia petersiana
speciesThunbergia petersiana
Thunbergia chrysops
speciesThunbergia chrysops
Thunbergia usambarica
speciesThunbergia usambarica
Thunbergia kirkiana
speciesThunbergia kirkiana
Thunbergia fischeri
speciesThunbergia fischeri
Thunbergia venosa
speciesThunbergia venosa
Thunbergia convolvulifolia
speciesThunbergia convolvulifolia
Thunbergia similis
speciesThunbergia similis
Thunbergia arnhemica
speciesThunbergia arnhemica
Thunbergia kirkii
speciesThunbergia kirkii
Thunbergia colpifera
speciesThunbergia colpifera
Thunbergia armipotens
speciesThunbergia armipotens
Thunbergia graminifolia
speciesThunbergia graminifolia
Thunbergia guerkeana
speciesThunbergia guerkeana
Thunbergia pynaertii
speciesThunbergia pynaertii
Thunbergia vogeliana
speciesThunbergia vogeliana
Thunbergia lutea
speciesThunbergia lutea
Thunbergia gibsonii
speciesThunbergia gibsonii
Thunbergia rogersii
speciesThunbergia rogersii
Thunbergia hastata
speciesThunbergia hastata
Thunbergia holstii
speciesThunbergia holstii
Thunbergia ilocana
speciesThunbergia ilocana
Thunbergia napperae
speciesThunbergia napperae
Thunbergia lathyroides
speciesThunbergia lathyroides
Thunbergia paulitschkeana
speciesThunbergia paulitschkeana
Thunbergia subalata
speciesThunbergia subalata
Thunbergia papilionacea
speciesThunbergia papilionacea
Bicolor Clockvine
speciesThunbergia bicolor
Thunbergia stelligera
speciesThunbergia stelligera
Thunbergia togoensis
speciesThunbergia togoensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129035.