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Commelina sphaerosperma

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Name

Identification
Commelina sphaerosperma C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Clarke, C.B.., Commelina undulata R.Br. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Rolla S. Rao, Commelina kurzii C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Rolla S. Rao, Commelina albescens Hassk. [family COMMELINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Commelina kurzii
  • Commelina sphaerosperma
  • Commelina albescens
  • Commelina undulata
  • Commelina gerrardii

Flora

Entry for Commelina erecta subsp. livingstonii (C. B. Cl.) J. K. Morton [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Commelina erecta subsp. livingstonii (C. B. Cl.) J. K. Morton [family COMMELINACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 184 (1967).
Commelina livingstonii C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC., MonogrPiian3: 190 (1881); F.T.A8: 59; JKMorton opcit66: 626, fig23 (1956)
Commelina albescens var. occidentalis C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], l.c185 (1881)
Commelina albescens [family COMMELINACEAE], of F.T.A. 8: 58, partly (as to WAfrspecimens); Aké Assi, Contrib2: 223 (1964), partly, as to WAfrspecimens; not of Hassk
Commelina schweinfurthii [family COMMELINACEAE], of F.T.A8: 41, partly, as to Sc. Elliot 5164, not of C. BCl
Commelina sphaerosperma C. B. Cl. [family COMMELINACEAE], in F.T.A8: 58 (1901)
Commelina umbellata [family COMMELINACEAE], of Schnell, VégFlNimba 522 (1952), not of Thonn
Commelina subalbescens Berhaut [family COMMELINACEAE], , FlSén208.
Information
A perennial herb up to about 3 ft. high, usually erect, rarely straggling, usually not rooting at nodes.Usually in drier areas than subsp. erecta, in savanna and woodland N. of the forest belt.
Habitat
Usually in drier areas than subsp. erecta, in savanna and woodland N. of the forest belt.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa.
Distribution
Sen.: Almadies, Ngor (Aug.) Broadbent 20! Bargny (Aug., Oct.) Berhaut 5442! Adam 14919! Niembato, Gambia R. (July) Berhaut 929! Medina Gouasse (July) Adam 14849!Gam.: Kuntaur Ruxton 37! 120!Port. G.: Bambadinca (July) Pereira 3044!Guin.: Paroisse 195!S. L.: York (May) Deighton 5527! Mange, Bure Dist. (May) Deighton 5941! Sendugu (June) Thomas 634! Falaba (Mar.) Sc. Elliot 5164! Sulimania (Mar.) Sc. Elliot 5385!Iv. C.: Nzérékoré (May) Schnell 2786!Ghana: Weija, Accra (Feb.) Morton GC 8417! Tema Harbour (May) Morton A889! Shai Hills (Dec.) Morton 8084! Damongo Scarp (Mar.) Morton GC 8654! Damnngo to Kpirri Lake (Mar.) Adams 3964! Glambaga Cliff (June) Harris!Dah.: BurtonN. Nig.: Munchi, Abinsi Dalz. 805! Cheche F.R., Gwari Dist. (Apr.-June) E. W. Jones 150! Bindawa (Aug.) Grove 11! Jos (June) Lely 313! Jos to Bauchi (June) Onochie 47714! Katagum Dist. Dalz. 230!
Notes
[Intermediates with subsp. erecta occur which may be hard to identify exactly.]

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