Distribution Map

Thunbergia neglecta

               
(Thunbergia neglecta subsp. neglecta)

Acanthaceae Thunbergioideae Thunbergieae 

As at April 2024, 14 herbarium specimens, 15 photo records, 5 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Mlawula

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Thunbergia neglecta - Twiggy branching shrublet, roughly short-hairy throughout. Leaf-stalk c 3 mm long; blade triangular or somewhat rounded, square at base, c 3 cm long and a little narrower, blunt or narrowing to tip, with one or two blunt projections on each side. Flowers solitary, axillary, stalk c 3 cm long, clasped at base by bracts. Corolla white, tube c 2 cm long, lobes half-spreading, c 2 cm across.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.