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Nomenclature: wfo-0000357928

Commelina africana L. Sp. Pl. : 41 (1753)

Nomenclatural References

• literature : Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 41. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
• person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
• database : IPNI record: 171880-1
• database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-233679
• database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: kew-233679

Taxonomy: Accepted in 2023-12 classification

Placement: Code > Plantae Haeckel > Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown > Angiosperms > Commelinales Mirb. ex Bercht. & J. Presl > Commelinaceae Mirb. > Commelina L. > Commelina africana L.

Subtaxa

• Commelina africana subsp. africana
• Commelina africana var. glabriuscula (Norl.) Brenan
• Commelina africana var. karooica (C.B.Clarke) Govaerts
• Commelina africana var. krebsiana (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
• Commelina africana var. lancispatha C.B.Clarke
• Commelina africana var. mannii (C.B.Clarke) Brenan
• Commelina africana var. milleri Brenan
• Commelina africana var. villosior (C.B.Clarke) Brenan
• Commelina africana subsp. zanzibarica Faden

Synonyms

• Commelina acuminata R.Br.
• Commelina africana var. africana
• Commelina africana var. polyclada Welw. ex C.B.Clarke
• Commelina bakueana A.Chev.
• Commelina benghalensis Forssk.
• Commelina divaricata Vahl
• Commelina edulis A.Rich.
• Commelina flava Salisb.
• Commelina hirsuta R.Br.
• Commelina lutea Moench
• Commelina polyclada Welw. ex C.B.Clarke
• Commelina prostrata Regel
• Commelina pyrrhoblepharis var. glabra Pic.Serm.
• Commelina saltiana Steud.
• Commelina subamplectens Hassk.
• Commelina turbinata Vahl
• Dirtea africana Raf.
• Hedwigia africana Medik.
• Stickmannia africana Raf.

Facets

Countries (ISO): Angola [AO] (1); Benin [BJ] (1); Botswana [BW] (1); Burkina Faso [BF] (1); Burundi [BI] (1); Cabo Verde [CV] (1); Cameroon [CM] (1); Central African Republic (the) [CF] (1); Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) [CD] (1); Congo (the) [CG] (1); Côte d'Ivoire [CI] (1); Djibouti [DJ] (1); Equatorial Guinea [GQ] (1); Eritrea [ER] (1); Eswatini [SZ] (1); Ethiopia [ET] (1); Ghana [GH] (1); Guinea [GN] (1); Guinea-Bissau [GW] (1); India [IN] (1); Kenya [KE] (1); Lesotho [LS] (1); Liberia [LR] (1); Madagascar [MG] (1); Malawi [MW] (1); Mozambique [MZ] (1); Namibia [NA] (2); Nigeria [NG] (1); Réunion [RE] (1); Rwanda [RW] (1); Saudi Arabia [SA] (1); Senegal [SN] (1); Sierra Leone [SL] (1); Somalia [SO] (1); South Africa [ZA] (4); Sudan (the) [SD] (1); Tanzania, the United Republic of [TZ] (1); Togo [TG] (1); Uganda [UG] (1); Yemen [YE] (1); Zambia [ZM] (1); Zimbabwe [ZW] (1).

IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern (1).

Taxonomic References

• database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-233679 Based on the initial data import