What is Thunbergia?
{{Taxobox | name = Black-eyed Susan vine | image = Starr 010419 0035 thunbergia alata.jpg | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | subclassis = [[Asteridae]] | ordo = [[Lamiales]] | familia = [[Acanthaceae]] | genus = '''''Thunbergia''''' | species = '''''T. alata''''' | binomial = ''Thunbergia alata'' | binomial_authority = [[Wenceslas Bojer|Bojer]] ex [[John Sims|Sims]] }} '''''Thunbergia''''' [[Anders Jahan Retzius|Retz.]] is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Acanthaceae]], native to tropical regions of [[Africa]], [[Madagascar]] and southern [[Asia]]. Its members are known by various names, including '''thunbergias'''; '''clockvine''' on its own usually refers to ''Thunbergia grandiflora'', while ''Thunbergia alata'' is often known as '''Black-eyed Susan vine''' or just '''[[Black-eyed Susan]]''' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lakecounty.typepad.com/life_in_lake_county/2007/04/a_tale_of_two_s.html |title=A Tale of Two Susans |access-date=2008-04-18 |archive-date=2007-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417175245/http://lakecounty.typepad.com/life_in_lake_county/2007/04/a_tale_of_two_s.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>(not to be confused with other flowers called [[Black-eyed Susan (disambiguation)|Black-eyed Susan]]). Orange clockvine is the name of ''Thunbergia gregorii''. Thunbergia was named for [[Carl Peter Thunberg]]. {{commons|Thunbergia alata}} {{wiktionary|Black-eyed Susan|Thunbergia}} == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Acanthaceae]]