Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Thunbergia laurifolia

Acanthaceae Juss.

Thunbergia laurifolia Lindl.

, legitimate

, scientific

Lindley, J. (1856), The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette 1856

:

260

[tax. nov.]

Type: "... for our knowledge of which we are indebted to Messrs. James Veitch & Son. ... Its native country is uncertain."

Benoist, R. in Lecomte, P.H. (1935), Flore Generale de l'Indo-Chine 4

:

618

[basionym]

basionym of:

Thunbergia grandiflora var. laurifolia (Lindl.) Benoist

legitimate

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

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50-51

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

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12

[secondary reference]

common name:

Blue and White Trumpet Vine

[n/a]

common name:

Laurel Clock Vine

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Thunbergia grandiflora var. laurifolia (Lindl.) Benoist

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Thunbergia harrisii Hook.

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae.

Census of the Queensland Flora 2010

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6

[secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census.

Census of the Queensland Flora

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17

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.

legitimate