https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Thunbergia_mysorensisThunbergia mysorensis - Revision history2026-08-20T12:41:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thunbergia_mysorensis&diff=142077&oldid=previmported>Junglenut: updated one reference2021-06-27T22:13:47Z<p>updated one reference</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}<br />
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|image = Thunbergia mysorensis Cairns.jpg<br />
|image_caption = ''Thunbergia mysorensis'' in the [[Cairns Botanical Gardens]]<br />
|genus = Thunbergia<br />
|species = mysorensis<br />
|authority = ([[Robert Wight|Wight]]) [[Thomas Anderson (botanist)|T.Anderson]] ex [[Richard Henry Beddome|Bedd.]], 1865<br />
|synonyms =<br />
*''Hexacentris mysorensis'' <small>Wight</small><br />
|synonyms_ref = <ref>{{citation<br />
|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2609024<br />
|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species<br />
|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Thunbergia mysorensis''''', the '''Mysore trumpetvine'''<ref>{{GRIN | accessdate = 19 January 2018}}</ref> or '''lady's slipper vine''',<ref name="RFK">{{cite web |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Thunbergia_mysorensis.htm |title=''Thunbergia mysorensis'' |website=[[Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants]] Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), [[Australian Government]] |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] Acanthaceae. A woody-stemmed [[evergreen]], this [[liana|vine]] is native to southern tropical India.<ref name="uconn">[http://titanarum.uconn.edu/199900057.html Univ. Connecticut plant treatment: ''Thunbergia mysorensis'' {Acanthaceae} Clock Vine] . accessed 5.1.2011</ref> The [[Botanical name#Binary name|specific epithet]] ''mysorensis'' is derived from the city of [[Mysore]].<ref name="uconn"/><br />
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==Description==<br />
''Thunbergia mysorensis'' often reaches {{convert|6|m|ft}} and has long narrow medium green leaves. The dramatic and very large pendent hanging blossoms have individual flowers in a bold curved shaped. This is enhanced by their being a rich saturated yellow, with maroon to brownish red outer tip coloring.<ref name="uconn"/> The vine blooms from spring to autumn.<ref name="uconn"/><br />
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==Cultivation==<br />
''Thunbergia mysorensis'' is cultivated as a popular [[ornamental plant]] in tropical and sub-tropical gardens, conservatories and [[greenhouse]]s.<ref name="uconn"/> It grows quickly in frost-free temperate climates, such as coastal [[Southern California]], with flowers draping down from [[pergola]]s and other garden structures.<ref>[http://www.californiagardens.com/Plant_Pages/thunbergia_mysorensis.htm California_Gardens: ''Thunbergia mysorensis'' - Brick and Butter Vine info page] . accessed 5.1.2011</ref> Its sweet nectar is attractive to [[sunbird]]s, a very small [[passerine]] bird, and [[hummingbird]]s.<ref name="uconn"/> It has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Thunbergia mysorensis '' | url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/18176/Thunbergia-mysorensis/Details | publisher = RHS | access-date = 5 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 102 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 23 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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Thunbergia mysorensis Mysore trumpetvine leaves closeUp left.jpg|Thunbergia mysorensis Mysore trumpetvine leaves seen close-Up left.<br />
Gavi flower.jpg|Lady shoe flower (''Thunbergia mysorensis'') in Gavi, Kerala<br />
Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe (8594720315).jpg|''H. mysorensis'' ([[Louis van Houtte|van Houtte, L.]] (1853)<br />
Thunbergia mysorensis, Jardín Botánico de Múnich, Alemania, 2013-05-04, DD 01.jpg|Detail<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Thunbergia|mysorensis]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of India (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Garden plants of Asia]]<br />
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