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896.000 Commelina
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Underground stolons sometimes bearing cleistogamous flowers. Flowers in one or two 1-6-flowered cymes enclosed in a spathe. Upper cyme 1-(-3)-flowered, usually male, exserted on a long peduncle, sometimes rudimentary or 0. Lower cyme included, borne on a short peduncle; flowers 2-6, all bisexual or some male, just exserted at flowering time. Flowers open in morning, soon deliquescent. Petals 3, free; upper 2 flat, variously coloured, the lower reduced, often colourless. Stamens 3, lower fertile, upper 3 staminodes, reduced. Ovary (2-)3-locular. Fruit a capsule. Derivation of name: Named after Kaspar (1667-1731) and Johann (1629-1698) Commelin, Dutch botanists. Worldwide: c. 170 species in tropical and warm regions Mozambique: 14 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africana L. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| aspera Benth. var. aspera | MS (other?) | Description |
| benghalensis L. | Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| bracteosa Hassk. | ||
| diffusa Burm. f. subsp. diffusa | MS (other?) | Description, Image |
| eckloniana Kunth | M (other?) | Description, Image |
| erecta L. | ||
| forskaolii Vahl | Description, Image | |
| kotschyi Hassk. | ||
| mascarenica C.B. Clarke | ||
| petersii Hassk. | ||
| pycnospatha Brenan | MS | Description |
| subulata Roth | N,MS (other?) | Description, Image |
| zambesica C.B.Clarke |
Other sources of information about Commelina:
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Flora of Botswana: CommelinaFlora of Caprivi: Commelina
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Commelina
Flora of Malawi: Commelina
Flora of Zambia: Commelina
Flora of Zimbabwe: Commelina
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CommelinaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Commelina
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Commelina
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Commelina
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Commelina
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Commelina
JSTOR Plant Science: Commelina
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Commelina
Plants of the World Online: Commelina
Tropicos: Commelina
Wikipedia: Commelina
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