Torenia thouarsii

Torenia thouarsii

Torenia thouarsii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Linderniaceae
Genus: Torenia
Species: Torenia thouarsii

Name

Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze, 1891

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Lindernia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Edwin in Phytologia 19: 317 (1970)
  • Nortenia thouarsii Cham. & Schltdl. in Linnaea 3: 18 (1828)
• Heterotypic
  • Nortenia thouarsii var. nivea Pennell in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72: 164 (1919 publ. 1920)
  • Pentsteira dichotoma Griff. in Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 119 (1854)
  • Torenia chamaedrys Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 30 (1926)
  • Torenia gavottiana Buscal. in Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 106 (1911)
  • Torenia nana Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 32 (1926), nom. illeg.
  • Torenia nortenia Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 692 (1841)
  • Torenia parviflora Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. in Scroph. Ind.: 39 (1835)
  • Torenia parviflora var. brevipedicellata De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 73 (1903)
  • Torenia pedunculariformis Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 33 (1926)
  • Torenia pedunculata Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 692 (1841), not validly publ.
  • Torenia ramosissima Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 10 (1875)
  • Torenia thouarsii var. nivea Pennell in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72: 164 (1919 publ. 1920)
  • Torenia veronicifolia Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 692 (1841), not validly publ.
  • Torenia viguieri Bonati in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 30 (1926)
  • Vandellia diffusa Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 505 (1837), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & S. Africa Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Guyana, Mauritius, Myanmar, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 468

Links

• Hassler, M. 2023. Torenia thouarsii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Torenia thouarsii. Published online. Accessed: July. 26 2023.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Torenia thouarsii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July. 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Torenia thouarsii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 July. 2023.

Vernacular names

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