Torenia

Torenia asiatica as syn. Torenia glabra

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: T. anagallis T. asiatica T. benthamiana T. bicolor T. bimaculata T. biniflora T. blancoi T. burttiana T. caelestis T. cambodgiana T. celebica T. chevalieri T. ciliaris T. concolor T. cordata T. cordifolia T. courtallensis T. crenata T. crustacea T. cyanea T. cyrtandriflora T. daubyi T. davidii T. dictyophora T. diffusa T. dinklagei T. flava T. fordii T. fournieri T. godefroyi T. grandiflora T. hayatae T. hirsulissima T. hirsuta T. indica T. javanica T. kinmenensis T. laotica T. leucosiphon T. lindernioides T. maculata T. mannii T. molluginoides T. oblonga T. patens T. perennans T. philcoxii T. pierreana T. pierreanoides T. poilanei T. polygonoides T. pterogona T. ranongensis T. scandens T. siamensis T. silvicola T. spathacea T. stolonifera T. subconnivens T. taishanensis T. thailandica T. thorelii T. thouarsii T. travancorica T. udawnensis T. umbellata T. vientianica T. violacea

Name

Torenia L. Sp. Pl. 2: 619 (1753).

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Caela Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 209 (1763).
    • Nortenia Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 9 (1806).
    • Hornemannia Link & Otto, Icon. Pl. Select.: 9 (1820), nom. illeg.
    • Ucnopsolen Raf., Autik. Bot.: 155 (1840), nom. nud.
    • Legazpia Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 338 (1845).
    • Pentsteira Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 11 (1854).
    • Tuyamaea T.Yamaz., J. Jap. Bot. 30: 171 (1955).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces.
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Mauritius (introduced), Madagascar, Seychelles (introduced).
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central, Hainan, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet.
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Christmas Island.
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: Australia
      • Queensland.
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.
    • Regional: South-Central Pacific
      • Cook Islands, Marquesas, Society Islands, Tuamotu (introduced), Tubuai Islands.
    • Regional: Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands, Marianas.
    • Regional: North-Central Pacific
      • Hawaii (introduced).
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
      • Iowa (introduced).
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • Texas (introduced).
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina (introduced).
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest (introduced).
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica (introduced), El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands (introduced).
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

English: Wishbone Flower
日本語: トレニア属
Tiếng Việt: Chi Tô liên
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