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Commelina purpurea

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Name

Identification
Commelina kabarensis De Wild. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Commelina reptans
  • Commelina pseudopurpurea
  • Commelina fluviatilis
  • Commelina lugardii
  • Commelina purpurea
  • Commelina pallidispatha
  • Commelina kabarensis
  • Commelina subulata
  • Commelina nigritana

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA purpurea C. B. Clarke ex Rendle [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 25, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
COMMELINA purpurea C. B. Clarke ex Rendle [family COMMELINACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 429.
COMMELINA nigritana Baker [family COMMELINACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 163, not of Benth.
COMMELINA subulata C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 148 partly, not of Roth.
Commelina sp. n. 2 T. Thoms. [family COMMELINACEAE], in Speke, Nile, Append. 650.
Information
Nearly glabrous, except the spathes. Stems 15 in. high, with long internodes; base erect, thickened, almost woody; roots 7 in. long, thick. Leaves 9 by 1/5 in. Spathes few, scattered, on peduncles exserted 0–1 in., simply folded, 1/2 in. long, ovate, acute with the tip nearly straight, some shaggy, some only slightly hairy, striated by chocolate-coloured parallel nerves. Racemes exserted from the spathes. Flowers chocolate-colour (Speke & Grant). Capsule 5-seeded; seeds moderately pitted.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land between Ndoro and Guaso Thegu, Gregory.German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Unyamwezi district, by water, 3600 ft., Speke & Grant!
Notes
In the dry examples, the spathes are very strongly striated by chocolate-coloured nerves, the petals are a deep purple. In the colours d in the field of the flowers in this Order, a question often arises whether the petals, the anthers, or the spathes have caught the eye of the collector.

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