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
  
896.000 COMMELINA L. 
Commelina africana L.
Commelina benghalensis L.
Commelina benghalensis L. var. hirsuta C.B. Clarke
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
subsp. diffusa
Commelina nudiflora L.
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
subsp. scandens (Welw. ex C.B.Clarke) Oberm.
Commelina scandens Welw. ex C.B.Clarke
Commelina eckloniana Kunth
Commelina erecta L.
Commelina bainesii C.B. Clarke
Commelina livingstonii C.B. Clarke
Commelina undulata R. Br.
Commelina fluviatilis Brenan
Commelina forskaolii Vahl
Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke
Commelina cuneata C.B.Clarke
  
899.000 ANEILEMA R. Br. 
Aneilema johnstonii K. Schum.
Aneilema nicholsonii C.B. Clarke
  
899.010 MURDANNIA Royle 
Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan
Aneilema sinicum Ker-Gawl.
Commelina simplex Vahl
  
904.000 CYANOTIS D. Don 
Cyanotis foecunda Hassk.
Cyanotis minima De Wild.
Cyanotis montana K. Schum.
Cyanotis longifolia Benth.
Cyanotis djurensis C.B. Clarke
Cyanotis longifolia Benth. var. bakeriana C.B. Clarke
  
908.000 FLOSCOPA Lour. 
Floscopa glomerata (Willd. & Schult. ex Schult. f.) Hassk.
subsp. glomerata
Floscopa rivularis (A. Rich.) C.B. Clarke
Tradescantia glomerata Schult. f.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Checklist: Commelinaceae].
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