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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| 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 [[Sims]]
}}
'''Thunbergia alata''', commonly known as black-eyed Susan vine, is an [[invasive species]],{{Fact|date=June 2007}} which is used like an [[ornamental plant]]. This plant is native [[Eastern Africa]], and it is found in [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]] and [[Hawaii]].
==[[Synonym]]s==
* ''Endomelas alata'' ( ex [[Sims]]) [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]]
* ''Thunbergia alata'' ex [[Sims]] [[var.]] ''fryeri'' ([[Vilm.]]) [[Hasselbr.]]
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''albiflora'' [[Kuntze]]
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''aurantiaca'' Kuntze
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''bakeri'' Hasselbr.
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''vixalata'' [[Burkill]]
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''lutea'' Hasselbr.
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''reticulata'' ([[Hochst.]] ex [[Nees]]) [[Burkill]]
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims subvar. ''doddsii'' ([[Paxton]]) [[Hasselbr.]]
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''sulphurea'' Hasselbr.
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''albiflora'' [[Hook.]]
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''alba'' Paxton
* ''Thunbergia alata'' Bojer ex Sims var. ''retinervia'' Burkill
* ''Thunbergia albiflora'' (Hook.) [[Gordon]]
* ''Thunbergia aurantiaca'' Paxton
* ''Thunbergia backeri'' Vilm.
* ''Thunbergia doddsii'' Paxton
* ''Thunbergia fryeri'' Vilm.
* ''Thunbergia manganjensis'' [[T.Anderson]] ex [[Lindau]]
* ''Thunbergia reticulata'' [[Hochst.]] ex [[Nees]]
==See also==
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]
==External links==
* [http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/synonyms.asp?plantID=254 Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants: ''Thunbergia alata'']
* [http://www.ehow.com/how_6782_grow-black-eyed.html How to Grow Black-eyed Susan vine (''Thunbergia alata'')]
* [http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/thunbergia_alata.htm ''Thunbergia alata'']
* [http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/248/index.html ''Thunbergia alata'']
* {{pt icon}} [http://www.institutohorus.org.br/download/fichas/Thunbergia_alata.htm ''Thunbergia alata'']
* {{es icon}} [http://www.arbolesornamentales.com/Thunbergia.htm ''Thunbergia alata'']
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[[Category:Flora of Africa]]
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