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Commelina uncata

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Commelina uncata C.B.Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Commelina benghalensis L. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Commelina latifolia
  • Commelina uncata
  • Commelina benghalensis

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA uncata C. B. Clarke [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 uncata C. B. Clarke [family COMMELINACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. iii. 169. —Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 428.
COMMELINA latifolia Hochst. [family COMMELINACEAE], in Schimper, Exsicc. 2269.
Information
Spathe having its midrib (keel) strongly curved. Capsule 1/4 in. long, some-times perfecting 5 seeds; dorsal cell indehiscent or dehiscing very late; seeds larger than those of C. benghalensis, wrinkled, obscurely reticulate; otherwise as C. benghalensis .
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Agow Country; mountains near Gageros, 4000 ft., Schimper, 2269! Gursarfa, Schimper, 1499!
Notes
The affinity of this species with C. benghalensis is so close that it might be treated as a variety of it.

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