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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb. - Determined By: Lindeman, 1965
Locality Suriname. Paramaribo SW part of the town.
Description Corolla tube inside white and yellow; limb bluish purple; style and filaments yellowish-whitish; anthers pale, brown-hairy; bracts light-green. Climbing; cultivated or naturalized.
Habitat In Casuarina.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector W. H. A. Hekking 1121
Collection Date 06 Nov 1961
Accession Number 82495
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb. - Determined By: L. C. Anderson,
Locality USA. Florida , Calhoun Co. : Blountstown; N side of FL 20, W of McClellan Road. 30° 26' 33" N 85° 4' 20" W
Description Locally infrequent, robust vine to 10 m on Pinus sp.; leaves sub-scabrous and subcoriaceous; flowers sky blue with a creamy throat.
Habitat Escaping into overgrown Pinus and Magnolia city lot.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector T. MacClendon 1189
with K. MacClendon, L.C. Anderson
Collection Date 12 Sep 2012
Accession Number 264882
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb. - Determined By: M. B. Meagher, Sep 1972
Determination History
Thunbergia sp.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Perrine on fence. 25° 36' 18" N 80° 21' 13" W
Description Flowers white.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector W. T. Gillis
Collection Date 29 Jul 1970
Accession Number 106267
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Home of M. R. Birdsey, 13091 SW 77 Avenue, Miami. 25° 46' 27" N 80° 11' 37" W
Description Flowers white.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector M. B. Meagher
with J. Utley
Collection Date 17 Aug 1970
Accession Number 96552
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb. - Determined By: D. G. Burch,
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : University of South Florida Botanical Garden, Tampa. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Description Vine to 5 m; flowers clear blue on pendant stems; cut back by frost but surviving.
Habitat Sheltered location.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. Burch
Collection Date Nov 1971
Accession Number 98858
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality Jamaica. Liguanea , St. Andrew Par. : Suburb of Kingston; Mona Hotel. 17° 58' 0" N 76° 47' 60" W
Description Fast-growing luxurious vine; corollas blue with yellow throats; also white with yellow throats.
Habitat Garden.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 650 to ft
Collector G. R. Cooley
Collection Date 06 Feb 1965
Accession Number 71449
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : USF Botanical Garden, 80 ft. E of SW corner.
Description Woody vine with drooping flowers outer corolla blue, white interior.
Habitat Growing on fence.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector M. Woernle
Collection Date 14 Jan 1994
Accession Number 211371
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : USF Botanical Gardens - eastern border.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. M. Hart
Collection Date 04 Sep 1990
Accession Number 201690
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality Curaçao. Soto - garden. 12° 16' 0" N 69° 5' 60" W
Description White or blue flower; never seen fruits; 10 m or more height; shrub - climber.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector Fr. M. Arnoldo-Broeders
Collection Date Mar 1970
Accession Number 175983
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Fairchild Tropical Gardens, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami. 25° 36' 54" N 80° 18' 38" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. W. Long
with H. Andorfer
Collection Date 12 Apr 1969
Accession Number 86022
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : Chinsegut Hill; at entrance to Mansion.
Description Rampant, high climbing liana; flowers with bright blue corollas creamy in throat; cultivar.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector J. D. Ray, Jr.
Collection Date 12 Oct 1959
Accession Number 9948
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Orange Co. : Shadow Bay Park, 5100 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando. 28° 29' 29" N 81° 29' 0" W
Description Clambering over perimeter fence and up into trees.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. Myers
Collection Date 22 Dec 2015
Accession Number 293119
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality Myanmar. 2 mi. W of Tang Hpre; overlooking the Irrawaddy confluence. 17° 0' 0" N 95° 0' 0" E
Description Twinning climber; flowers pale blue, throat darker; epiphytic on Lapai-pu; Jingphaw vernacular name Lapai-pu.
Habitat Taungya clearing and forest fringe.
Reproductive State
Collector J. Keenan
with U Tun Aung, U Tha Hla
Collection Date Nov 1961
Accession Number 115090
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Thunbergia grandiflora
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Locality USA. Florida , Broward Co. : Pine Island Ridge Natural Area, NW section.
Description Sprawling growth on Quercus virginiana juveniles.
Habitat Tropical oak hammock.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. L. Angelo
Collection Date 28 Aug 2019
Accession Number 300923
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