Aneilema beniniense (P. Beauv.) Kunth

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Between Yaekela and Lilanda, DRCongo. © Botanic Garden Meise

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Synonyms:	Aneilema lujai De Wild. & T. Durand Aneilema mortehanii De Wild. Commelina beniniensis P. Beauv.
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Description:	Decumbent perennial herb, rooting at the nodes, with ascending shoots up to 1.4 m high. Leaves spirally arranged, narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, 7-18 cm long, sheathing at the subpetiolate base for 1-4 cm, hairless or sparsely puberulous beneath; margin scabrid. Inflorescences terminal on the shoots, ovoid or cylindric, up to 6 cm long, very densely many-flowered. Flowers mostly 7-10 mm wide, white, pale lilac, lavender or violet.
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Derivation of specific name:	beniniense: of Benin, although the the type specimen was actually collected close to the border in Nigeria.
Flowering time:	All year
Worldwide distribution:	Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (incl. Bioko), Principe, Gabon, Chad, CAR, Congo-Brazzaville, DRC, Burundi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia.
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Literature:	Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 105 - 107. Faden, R.B. (1991). The Morphology and Taxonomy of Aneilema R. Brown (Commelinaceae) Smithsonian Contributions to Botany Number 76 Smithsonian Institution Press Pages 144 - 146. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 107.

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