Entry for COMMELINA benghalensis Linn. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 7, (1900) Author: (By C. B. CLARKE.)
Names
COMMELINA benghalensis Linn. [family COMMELINACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 60;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 294; C. B. Clarke, Comm. et Cyrt. Beng. t. 4; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 370.
COMMELINA canescens Vahl [family COMMELINACEAE], Enum. ii. 173; Webb et Berth. Iles Canaries, Phyt. iii. pt. ii. 358, t. 239.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, Burchell, 3177! 3216!COAST REGION Knysna Div., Rehmann, 504! Uitenhage Div., Ecklon and Zeyher, 594! Harvey! Port Elizabeth, E.S.C.A. Herb., 208! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 553!EASTERN REGION Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 86! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 1237! and without precise locality, Sanderson! Zululand, Gerrard, 1840!SOUTH AFRICA Drège, 8780! Harvey!