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Commelina L., 1753

Botany

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Taxonomy

Species

Commelina acuminata Kunth 16 16

Commelina aff. c. guineensis Hua 10

Commelina africana L. 196 195

Commelina agraria Kunth 9 9

Commelina albescens Hassk. 45 39

Commelina albiflora Faden 1 1

Commelina albohirta 1 1

Commelina alpestris Standl. & Steyerm. 1 1

Commelina angustifolia Michx. 1 1

Commelina anomala (Torr.) Woodson 1 1

Commelina appendiculata C.B.Clarke 7 7

Commelina ascendens J.K.Morton 2 2

Commelina aspera Benth. 49 49

Commelina attenuata Koen. 4 4

Commelina aurantiiflora Faden & Raynsf. 2 2

Commelina auriculata Blume 6 6

Commelina aurita Poit. ined. 1 1

Commelina barbata Lam. 6 6

Commelina beccariana Martelli 1 1

Commelina boissieriana 2 1

Commelina bracteosa 56 55

Commelina buchananii C.B.Clarke 2 2

Commelina cameroonensis J.K.Morton 11 11

Commelina capitata Benth. 252 249

Commelina caripensis Kunth 1 1

Commelina caroliniana Walter 4 4

Commelina carsonii C.B.Clarke 4 4

Commelina cayennensis Rich. 2

Commelina cecilae C.B.Clarke 3 3

Commelina clavata 14 13

Commelina commelinoides Forssk. 2 2

Commelina communis L. 176 172

Commelina condensata C.B.Clarke 13 13

Commelina congesta C.B.Clarke 43 43

Commelina cordifolia A.Rich. 1 1

Commelina crassicaulis C.B.Clarke 1 1

Commelina cyanea R.Br. 20 20

Commelina dianthifolia Delile 57 57

Commelina discolor L'Herm. 1 1

Commelina eckloniana Kunth 2 2

Commelina edulis A.Rich. 6 6

Commelina efoveolatum (C.B.Clarke) L.M.Campb. 1 1

Commelina elegans Kunth 4 4

Commelina elliptica Kunth 6 6

Commelina endlicheri Steud. 1 1

Commelina ensifolia R.Br. 15 15

Commelina erecta L. 441 439

Commelina fasciculata Ruiz & Pav. 8 8

Commelina firma Welw. ex C.B.Clarke 2 2

Commelina fluviatilis Brenan 2 2

Commelina foliacea Chiov. 2 2

Commelina forskalaei Vahl 176 176

Commelina forskaolii Vahl 52 52

Commelina forsskalii Vahl 1 1

Commelina gambiae C.B.Clarke 53 53

Commelina geminata Poit. 3 3

Commelina gerrardii C.B.Clarke 2 2

Commelina glabra C.B.Clarke 1 1

Commelina gourmaca A.Chev. 2 2

Commelina gracilis Hook. 1 1

Commelina graminifolia Kunth 11 11

Commelina grossa C.B.Clarke 2 2

Commelina hasskarlii C.B.Clarke 10 10

Commelina heterocarpus C.B.Clarke 2 2

Commelina hexandra Aubl. 1 1

Commelina hirsuta (Wight) C.B.Clarke 4 4

Commelina hirtella Vahl 6 6

Commelina hispida Ruiz & Pav. 7 7

Commelina hockii De Wild. 3 3

Commelina humbloti H.Perrier 9 9

Commelina imberbis Hassk. 12 12

Commelina involucrosa A.Rich. 9 9

Commelina kabarensis De Wild. 3 3

Commelina karooica C.B.Clarke 3 3

Commelina kirkii C.B.Clarke 1 1

Commelina kisantuensis De Wild. 2 2

Commelina kotschyi Hassk. 7 6

Commelina krebsiana Kunth 9 9

Commelina kurzii C.B.Clarke 3 3

Commelina laevigata L.C.Rich. 1 1

Commelina lagosensis C.B.Clarke 13 13

Commelina lancispatha C.B.Clarke 1 1

Commelina lateriticola A.Chev. 9 9

Commelina latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich. 43 43

Commelina leiocarpa Benth. 18 18

Commelina livingstonii C.B.Clarke 6 6

Commelina longicapsa C.B.Clarke 49 49

Commelina longicaulis Jacq. 5 5

Commelina longifolia Lam. 11 11

Commelina loureiroi Kunth 1 1

Commelina loyllii H.Perrier 1 1

Commelina luteiflora De Wild. 1 1

Commelina luzonensis Elmer 1 1

Commelina lyallii (C.B.Clarke) H.Perrier 41 41

Commelina macrospatha Gilg & Ledermann ex Mildbr. 16 16

Commelina macrosperma J.K.Morton 9 9

Commelina madagascarica C.B.Clarke 45 45

Commelina major H.Perrier 6 6

Commelina mannii C.B.Clarke 14 14

Commelina margaritacea L.C.Rich. 1 1

Commelina mascarenica C.B.Clarke 28 28

Commelina micrantha Vahl 1 1

Commelina mollis Jacq. 1 1

Commelina moluccana Roxb. 1 1

Commelina montigena H.Perrier 12 12

Commelina neurophylla C.B.Clarke 4 4

Commelina nigritana Benth. 83 83

Commelina nudiflora L. 306 306

Commelina nyasensis C.B.Clarke 5 5

Commelina obliqua 113 112

Commelina paleata Hassk. 3 3

Commelina pallida Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. 39 39

Commelina paludosa Blume 2 2

Commelina paniculata Vahl 1 1

Commelina papilionacea Brum.f. 2 2

Commelina persicariifolia Wight ex C.B.Clarke 15 15

Commelina petersii Hassk. 6 6

Commelina petiolata Abeyw. 1 1

Commelina pilosissima Hutch. 1 1

Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub. 15 15

Commelina polygama Roth 1 1

Commelina prostrata Kunth 1 1

Commelina puberula Kunth 2 2

Commelina pubescens Hornem. 1 1

Commelina purpurea C.B.Clarke 11 11

Commelina pyrrhoblepharis Hassk. 4 4

Commelina quitensis Benth. 4 4

Commelina ramulosa H.Perrier 61 61

Commelina reptans Brenan 1 1

Commelina rhodesica Norl. 1 1

Commelina robynsii De Wild. 1 1

Commelina ruandensis De Wild. 2 2

Commelina rupicola Font-Quer 1 1

Commelina salicifolia Roxb. 41 41

Commelina saxatilis H.Perrier 2 2

Commelina scandens Welw. ex C.B.Clarke 4 4

Commelina schliebenii Mildbr. 1 1

Commelina schomburgkiana Klotzsch 2 2

Commelina schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke 28 28

Commelina sp. 812 803

Commelina spirata L. 1 1

Commelina standleyi Steyerm. 2 2

Commelina stefaniniana Chiov. 2 2

Commelina stolzii Mildbr. 2 2

Commelina striata Hochst. ex A.Rich. 3 3

Commelina stricta Hochst. ex A.Rich. 1 1

Commelina subalbescens Berhaut 7 7

Commelina subaurantiaca Hochst. ex Kunth 2 2

Commelina subulata Roth 76 73

Commelina suffruticosa Blume 6 6

Commelina sylvatica De Wild. 1 1

Commelina texcocana Matuda 1 1

Commelina thomasii Hutch. 15 15

Commelina triangulispatha Mildbr. 2 2

Commelina trichopoda Bonpl. 1 1

Commelina trilobosperma K.Schum. 1 1

Commelina tuberosa L. 68 67

Commelina umbellata Schumach. & Thonn. 24 24

Commelina uncata C.B.Clarke 8 8

Commelina undulata R.Br. 1 1

Commelina velutina Mildbr. 17 17

Commelina virginica L. 6 6

Commelina vogelii C.B.Clarke 10 10

Commelina vulgaris DC. 1 1

Commelina welwitschii C.B.Clarke 5 5

Commelina zambesica C.B.Clarke 13 13

Commelina zanonia L. 3 3

Commelina zenkeri C.B.Clarke 1 1

5057 Specimens registered in collections

Collection	Number of specimens (or sets)
Cons. et Jard. Bot. de Nancy (NCY)	6
Ethnobotany (PAT)	6
Gardens (JB)	9
Univ. Montpellier - Inst. of Botany (MPU)	146
University of Limoges (LIMO)	1
Vascular plants (P)	4889