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Commelina communis

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Name

Identification
Commelina communis L. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Commelina communis L. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by James L. Reveal, Commelina erecta L. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by James L. Reveal, Commelina erecta L. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Robert B. Faden,
Related name
  • Commelina sikkimensis
  • Commelina ethiopica
  • Tradescantia biflora
  • Commelina not on sheet
  • Commelina bracteosa
  • Commelina paludosa
  • Commelina diffusa
  • Commelina maculata
  • Commelina salicifolia
  • Commelina polygama
  • Commelina communis
  • Salvia spicata
  • Commelina erecta
  • Commelina
  • Commelina subulata
  • Salvia hispanica
  • Commelina tuberosa
  • Commelina martyrum
Common name
  • comméline commune, Flora of North America Vol. 22
  • Asiatic dayflower, Flora of North America Vol. 22

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA nudiflora Linn. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 7, (1900) Author: (By C. B. CLARKE.)
Names
COMMELINA nudiflora Linn. [family COMMELINACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 61, not of Mant. 177;—Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 369.
COMMELINA agraria Kunth [family COMMELINACEAE], Enum. iv. 38.
COMMELINA communis Walter [family COMMELINACEAE], Fl. Carol. 68; C. B. Clarke, Comm. et Cyrt. Beng. t. 1 (syn. C. africana excl.).
Information
diffuse, nearly glabrous; stem 6–30 in. long, often rooting at the knots; leaves lanceolate; spathes scattered, peduncled, simply folded, ovate-lanceolate, middle nerve nearly straight; petals blue or nearly white, the anterior often much smaller, sometimes 0; capsule perfecting (nearly always) 5 seeds; surface of the 4 scattered seeds hexagonally reticulated. null
Range
Distributed throughout Africa, and in nearly all warm countries. Var. β, in Africa only.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; coast-land, Dr. Sutherland! Inanda, 1800 feet, Wood, 94! 1615! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1838! Zululand, Gerrard, 1839! Var. β, Natal, Sutherland! Sanderson!

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