Checklist: Commelinaceae

COMMELINACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Literature:  
Faden, R. (2012) Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa  
Malaise, P. (1988) Commelinaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV 119-142 
Obermeyer, A.A. & Faden, R.B. (1985) Commelinaceae Flora of Southern Africa 4(2)  
Van den Burg, J.W. & Bidault, E. (2020) Commelinaceae Flore du Gabon 55 1-88 
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
0894.000 PALISOTA Endl. 
Palisota mannii C.B.Clarke
Palisota schweinfurthii C.B. Clarke
  
896.000 COMMELINA L. 
Commelina africana L.
Commelina benghalensis L.
Commelina benghalensis L. var. hirsuta C.B. Clarke
Commelina capitata Benth.
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
subsp. diffusa
Commelina nudiflora L.
Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
Commelina eckloniana Kunth
Commelina erecta L.
subsp. livingstonii (C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton
Commelina kagerensis Lebrun & Taton
Commelina livingstonii C.B.Clarke
Commelina pilosissima Hutch.
Commelina sphaerosperma C.B.Clarke
Commelina subalbescens Berhaut
Commelina venusta C.B.Clarke
Commelina erecta L.
Commelina bainesii C.B. Clarke
Commelina livingstonii C.B. Clarke
Commelina undulata R. Br.
Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.
var. latifolia
Commelina sagittifolia Hassk.
Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke
Commelina kabarensis De Wild.
Commelina lugardii Bullock
Commelina reptans Brenan
Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke
Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke
Commelina cuneata C.B.Clarke
  
899.000 ANEILEMA R. Br. 
Aneilema aequinoctiale (P. Beauv.) Loudon
Aneilema adhaerens Kunth
Aneilema spekei C.B. Clarke
Aneilema tacazzeanum Baker
  
899.010 MURDANNIA Royle 
Murdannia semiteres (Dalz.) Santapau
Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan
Aneilema sinicum Ker-Gawl.
Commelina simplex Vahl
Murdannia stricta Brenan
  
904.000 CYANOTIS D. Don 
Cyanotis caespitosa Kotschy & Peyr.
Cyanotis foecunda Hassk.
Cyanotis minima De Wild.
Cyanotis montana K. Schum.
Cyanotis lanata Benth.
Cyanotis lanata Benth. var. schweinfurthii (Hassk.) C.B. Clarke
Cyanotis lanata Benth. var. sublanata C.B. Clarke
Cyanotis lanata Benth. var. rubescens (A. Chev.) Schnell
Cyanotis rubescens A. Chev.
Cyanotis schweinfurthii Hassk.
Cyanotis longifolia Benth.
Cyanotis djurensis C.B. Clarke
Cyanotis longifolia Benth. var. bakeriana C.B. Clarke
Cyanotis vaga (Lour.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Cyanotis abyssinica A. Rich.
Cyanotis abyssinica A. Rich. var. glabrescens A. Rich.
Cyanotis barbata D.Don
Cyanotis hirsuta Fisch., C.A. Meyer & Avé-Lall. var. glabra K. Schum.
Cyanotis hirsuta Fisch., C.A. Meyer & Avé-Lall.
Cyanotis parasitica (Hassk.) Hassk.
Zygomanes parasitica Hassk.
  
908.000 FLOSCOPA Lour. 
Floscopa africana (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke
Floscopa glomerata (Willd. & Schult. ex Schult. f.) Hassk.
subsp. glomerata
Floscopa rivularis (A. Rich.) C.B. Clarke
Tradescantia glomerata Schult. f.
Floscopa glomerata (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Hassk.

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