Thunbergian.

/tuːnˈbɛːɡɪə/

/θʌnˈbəːdʒɪə/

Etymology: modern Latin (A. J. Retzius 1776, in Handl. K. Physiografiska Sällsk. Lund I. 163), < the name of C. P. Thunberg, a Swedish botanist and traveller (1743–1822).

Botany.

A genus of herbaceous (mostly climbing) plants, N.O. Acanthaceæ, natives of tropical and subtropical parts of Africa and Asia, of which many species are cultivated in greenhouses for the beauty of their various-coloured flowers. Also, a plant of this genus.

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quamoclit1633

sippo1657

monkey vine1750

goat's foot1773

Ipomœa1785

liana1796

Thunbergia?1799

morning-glory1814

gaybine1842

cypress vine1846

bejuco1848

scindapsus1848

Rangoon creeper1850

moonflower1859

kaladana1866

moon-lily1888

?1799–1801 H. C. Andrews Botanist's Repository II. Pl. CXXIII Twining Thunbergia... The Thunbergia, here figured, is a native of the East Indies.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 411/2 Retzius named a genus of plants in the natural order Acanthaceæ, in honour of him [C. P. Thunberg], Thunbergia.

1867 H. Kingsley Silcote of Silcotes I. xi. 110 Thunbergias, when clumsily gathered, are apt to come up by the root.

1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker II. 69 A trellis of Cape jasmine and thunbergia.

1898 J. D. Rees in 19th Cent. June 1017 The beautiful blue thunbergia.

1935 H. Nicolson Let. 22 Feb. (1966) 198 On the wall..is a vast Thunbergia with blue morning-glory flowers.

1977 M. Allan Darwin & His Flowers xii. 215 The woody shoots of the wisteria move faster than those of the flexible Morning Glory and thunbergia.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	thunbergia
释义	Thunbergian. /tuːnˈbɛːɡɪə//θʌnˈbəːdʒɪə/ Etymology: modern Latin (A. J. Retzius 1776, in Handl. K. Physiografiska Sällsk. Lund I. 163), < the name of C. P. Thunberg, a Swedish botanist and traveller (1743–1822). Botany. A genus of herbaceous (mostly climbing) plants, N.O. Acanthaceæ, natives of tropical and subtropical parts of Africa and Asia, of which many species are cultivated in greenhouses for the beauty of their various-coloured flowers. Also, a plant of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > non-British climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > tropical quamoclit1633 sippo1657 monkey vine1750 goat's foot1773 Ipomœa1785 liana1796 Thunbergia?1799 morning-glory1814 gaybine1842 cypress vine1846 bejuco1848 scindapsus1848 Rangoon creeper1850 moonflower1859 kaladana1866 moon-lily1888 ?1799–1801 H. C. Andrews Botanist's Repository II. Pl. CXXIII Twining Thunbergia... The Thunbergia, here figured, is a native of the East Indies. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 411/2 Retzius named a genus of plants in the natural order Acanthaceæ, in honour of him [C. P. Thunberg], Thunbergia. 1867 H. Kingsley Silcote of Silcotes I. xi. 110 Thunbergias, when clumsily gathered, are apt to come up by the root. 1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker II. 69 A trellis of Cape jasmine and thunbergia. 1898 J. D. Rees in 19th Cent. June 1017 The beautiful blue thunbergia. 1935 H. Nicolson Let. 22 Feb. (1966) 198 On the wall..is a vast Thunbergia with blue morning-glory flowers. 1977 M. Allan Darwin & His Flowers xii. 215 The woody shoots of the wisteria move faster than those of the flexible Morning Glory and thunbergia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.?1799
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